A beached whale in New Zealand has tested positive for a virus found in samples of blood . The whale was positive for cetacean morbillivirus , which is similar to that in humans . Morbillivirus likely caused dolphin ` ` strandings '' on the East Coast since last July .
A beached whale in New Jersey has tested positive for a virus found in hundreds of dolphins . The whale was positive for cetacean morbillivirus , which is similar to measles in humans . Morbillivirus likely 1,283 dolphin `` strandings '' on the East Coast since last July .