Author:
Exposto Novoselecki Helena,Catão-Dias José Luiz,Ewbank Ana Carolina,Navas-Suárez Pedro Enrique,Duarte-Benvenuto Aricia,Lial Henrique Christino,Costa Silva Samira,Sánchez-Sarmiento Angélica María,Gravena Waleska,da Silva Vera Maria Ferreira,Carvalho Vitor L.,Marmontel Miriam,Bertozzi Carolina P.,Lanes Ribeiro Vanessa,del Rio do Valle Rodrigo,Marigo Juliana,das Neves Carlos G.,Esperón Fernando,Sacristán Carlos
Abstract
AbstractRiver dolphins are a highly threatened polyphyletic group comprised of four odontocete families: Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae, and Platanistidae, the first two endemic to South America. To address the knowledge gap regarding infectious agents in this cetacean group, we surveyed the presence of herpesviruses by PCR in skin and/or blood samples of live-captured Amazon (Inia geoffrensis, n = 25) and Bolivian (Inia boliviensis, n = 22) river dolphins of the Amazon basin and in selected tissue samples of franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei, n = 27) stranded or bycaught in southeastern Brazil. Additionally, available franciscana tissue samples were examined by histopathology. Herpesvirus DNA was amplified in 13 Bolivian river dolphins (59.1%, 95% CI 38.5–79.6%) and 14 franciscanas (51.9%, 95% CI 33.0–70.7%). All Amazon river dolphins were herpesvirus-negative. Two different herpesviruses were found in Bolivian river dolphins: a previously known gammaherpesvirus detected in blood and/or skin samples of all positive individuals and a novel alphaherpesvirus in the skin of one animal. A new gammaherpesvirus was found in several franciscana samples—the first herpesvirus recorded in Pontoporiidae. Intranuclear inclusion bodies consistent with herpesvirus were observed in the lymph node of one franciscana. The high divergence among the obtained herpesviruses and those previously described can be explained by viral-host coevolution, and by the fact that these populations are fairly isolated.
Funder
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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