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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing reveals <i>Miamiensis avidus</i> (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida) in the 2017 epizootic of leopard sharks ( <i>Triakis semifasciata</i> ) in San Francisco Bay, California
2018-04-15
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> During March to August of 2017, hundreds of leopard sharks ( Triakis semifasciata ) stranded and died on the shores of San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Similar mass stranding events occurred in 1967 and 2011, yet analysis of these epizootics was incomplete and no etiology was confirmed. Our investigation of the most recent epizootic revealed severe meningoencephalitis in stranded sharks, rai...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0f801e3a-0950-5529-ad7a-8889bb0f6c0f
- DOI
- 10.1101/301556
