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Frasers dolphin. Photo credit: Brittany D. Guenther/ Cascadia Research.
HIMB’s Kristi West, lab director at UH Health and Stranding Lab, found a novel strain of morbillivirus in a Fraser’s dolphin that was stranded on Maui in 2018. The marine mammal disease is responsible for deadly outbreaks among dolphins and whales around the world. For the full story see Hawaii News Now, SOEST website, and UH News.
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