Increased virulence in an introduced pathogen: Haplosporidium nelsoni (msx) in the eastern oyster crassostrea virginica

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Burreson, E M ^a   Stokes, N A ^a   Friedman, C S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA PROBE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JAPAN; KOREA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI;

EID: 0033884079     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(2000)012<0001:IVIAIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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