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A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion
Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that can cross mammalian species barriers and has widespread impacts on both domestic animals and wildlife populations. This study describes a recent outbreak of CDV in the Galapagos Islands in 2019. A total number of 125 dogs with clinical s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10203394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37228838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1154625 |
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author | Vega-Mariño, Patricio Olson, Jessie Howitt, Ben Criollo, Rita Figueroa, Lissette Orlando, Solon Alberto Cruz, Marilyn Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel |
author_facet | Vega-Mariño, Patricio Olson, Jessie Howitt, Ben Criollo, Rita Figueroa, Lissette Orlando, Solon Alberto Cruz, Marilyn Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel |
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description | Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that can cross mammalian species barriers and has widespread impacts on both domestic animals and wildlife populations. This study describes a recent outbreak of CDV in the Galapagos Islands in 2019. A total number of 125 dogs with clinical signs compatible with CDV were included in this study. Nasal swabs were taken and analyzed by RT-qPCR for the detection of CDV, resulting in a positivity rate of 74.4% (IC95%, 66–81%). Among the CDV positive dogs, 82.2% presented with respiratory signs, 48.8% neurological signs, and 28.9% gastrointestinal signs. CDV has been previously reported in the domestic canine population of the Galapagos Islands in 2001 and 2004. The current study shows how CDV is still a threat for the endemic and endangered Galapagos sea lion, despite recent policies for dog population control and CDV vaccination. |
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spelling | pubmed-102033942023-05-24 A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion Vega-Mariño, Patricio Olson, Jessie Howitt, Ben Criollo, Rita Figueroa, Lissette Orlando, Solon Alberto Cruz, Marilyn Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that can cross mammalian species barriers and has widespread impacts on both domestic animals and wildlife populations. This study describes a recent outbreak of CDV in the Galapagos Islands in 2019. A total number of 125 dogs with clinical signs compatible with CDV were included in this study. Nasal swabs were taken and analyzed by RT-qPCR for the detection of CDV, resulting in a positivity rate of 74.4% (IC95%, 66–81%). Among the CDV positive dogs, 82.2% presented with respiratory signs, 48.8% neurological signs, and 28.9% gastrointestinal signs. CDV has been previously reported in the domestic canine population of the Galapagos Islands in 2001 and 2004. The current study shows how CDV is still a threat for the endemic and endangered Galapagos sea lion, despite recent policies for dog population control and CDV vaccination. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10203394/ /pubmed/37228838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1154625 Text en Copyright © 2023 Vega-Mariño, Olson, Howitt, Criollo, Figueroa, Orlando, Cruz and Garcia-Bereguiain. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Vega-Mariño, Patricio Olson, Jessie Howitt, Ben Criollo, Rita Figueroa, Lissette Orlando, Solon Alberto Cruz, Marilyn Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title | A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title_full | A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title_fullStr | A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title_full_unstemmed | A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title_short | A recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of Galapagos Islands: a persistent threat for the endangered Galapagos Sea Lion |
title_sort | recent distemper virus outbreak in the growing canine populations of galapagos islands: a persistent threat for the endangered galapagos sea lion |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10203394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37228838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1154625 |
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