'Senecavirus cetus'

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Current species name: none
Proposed binomial species name: Senecavirus cetus
Derivation of binomial species name: The Cetus was a sea monster in Greek mythology
Virus common name: Cetacean senecavirus 1 (CSV-1)

Cetacean senecavirus 1 (CSV-1) was found in the brain of a dead stranded Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in Alaska, USA in 2019 (Sullivan et al., unpublished). Another virus very similar to CSV-1 was also isolated and sequenced from a stranded dead harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

References

Sullivan,D.S., Vernygora,O., Nielsen,O., Burek-Huntington,K., Rouse,N., Popov,V.L. and Lung, O. Isolation, associated pathology and genomic characterization of cetacean picornavirus, a novel picornavirus species from a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) and a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from Alaska. Unpublished.