Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings
Tattoo skin disease (TSD) is a poxviral disease typical of cetaceans. Two juvenile and well-preserved male striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), found stranded along the Tuscany and Latium coasts of Italy in 2015 and 2016, respectively, showed typical skin lesions ascribable to TSD. Histological...
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| author | Cristiano Cocumelli Gianluca Fichi Letizia Marsili Matteo Senese Giusy Cardeti Antonella Cersini Enrica Ricci Fulvio Garibaldi Francesco Scholl Giovanni Di Guardo Giuliana Terracciano |
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| description | Tattoo skin disease (TSD) is a poxviral disease typical of cetaceans. Two juvenile and well-preserved male striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), found stranded along the Tuscany and Latium coasts of Italy in 2015 and 2016, respectively, showed typical skin lesions ascribable to TSD. Histological, ultrastructural and biomolecular investigations confirmed a poxviral aetiology for the aforementioned skin lesions. To our knowledge, this should be the first report of TSD in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline. As organochlorines like PCBs and DDTs are known to be highly immunotoxic, the tissue loads of these contaminants were evaluated, in order to increase our knowledge on their potential role as well as on the relationships between the level of exposure to these pollutants and poxviral infection's occurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16c13bb1300646aa8b864d1de04124252022-12-21T18:21:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692018-09-01510.3389/fvets.2018.00219386131Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological FindingsCristiano Cocumelli0Gianluca Fichi1Letizia Marsili2Matteo Senese3Giusy Cardeti4Antonella Cersini5Enrica Ricci6Fulvio Garibaldi7Francesco Scholl8Giovanni Di Guardo9Giuliana Terracciano10Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyVeterinary Practitioner, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Siena, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, Università di Genova, Genoa, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyFacoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Teramo, Teramo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, ItalyTattoo skin disease (TSD) is a poxviral disease typical of cetaceans. Two juvenile and well-preserved male striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), found stranded along the Tuscany and Latium coasts of Italy in 2015 and 2016, respectively, showed typical skin lesions ascribable to TSD. Histological, ultrastructural and biomolecular investigations confirmed a poxviral aetiology for the aforementioned skin lesions. To our knowledge, this should be the first report of TSD in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline. As organochlorines like PCBs and DDTs are known to be highly immunotoxic, the tissue loads of these contaminants were evaluated, in order to increase our knowledge on their potential role as well as on the relationships between the level of exposure to these pollutants and poxviral infection's occurrence.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00219/fullpoxvirusenvironmental pollutantsimmunosuppressionStenella coeruleoalbaMediterranean SeaItaly |
| spellingShingle | Cristiano Cocumelli Gianluca Fichi Letizia Marsili Matteo Senese Giusy Cardeti Antonella Cersini Enrica Ricci Fulvio Garibaldi Francesco Scholl Giovanni Di Guardo Giuliana Terracciano Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings Frontiers in Veterinary Science poxvirus environmental pollutants immunosuppression Stenella coeruleoalba Mediterranean Sea Italy |
| title | Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings |
| title_full | Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings |
| title_fullStr | Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings |
| title_short | Cetacean Poxvirus in Two Striped Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) Stranded on the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy: Histopathological, Ultrastructural, Biomolecular, and Ecotoxicological Findings |
| title_sort | cetacean poxvirus in two striped dolphins stenella coeruleoalba stranded on the tyrrhenian coast of italy histopathological ultrastructural biomolecular and ecotoxicological findings |
| topic | poxvirus environmental pollutants immunosuppression Stenella coeruleoalba Mediterranean Sea Italy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00219/full |
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