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Diversity of Sea Star-Associated Densoviruses and Transcribed Endogenous Viral Elements of Densovirus Origin.
Journal of virology - 9 Dec 2020
Jackson Elliot W, Wilhelm Roland C, Johnson Mitchell R, Lutz Holly L, Danforth Isabelle, Gaydos Joseph K, Hart Michael W, Hewson Ian
Abstract excerpt
A viral etiology of sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS) was originally explored with virus-sized material challenge experiments, field surveys, and metagenomics, leading to the conclusion that a densovirus is the predominant DNA virus associated with this syndrome and, thus, the most promising viral candidate pathogen. Single-stranded DNA viruses are, however, highly diverse and pervasive among eukaryotic organisms,...
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