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Prevalence of Myxobolus cerebralis infections among genetic lineages of Tubifex tubifex at three locations in the Madison River, Montana.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 2011
Lodh N, Stevens L, Kerans B
Abstract excerpt
Host biodiversity can impact disease risk and influence the transmission of parasitic disease. Stream sediment-dwelling worms, Tubifex tubifex (Clitellata: Oligochaeta), are the definitive host of the parasite Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa: Myxosporea), which causes whirling disease in salmonid fishes. Genetic diversity of T. tubifex is correlated with host susceptibility to M. cerebralis , and mitochondrial...
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