Virus-like particles associated with mass mortalities of the pen shell Atrina pectinata in Japan

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-173

  Maeno, Yukio ^a   Yurimoto, Tatsuya ^a   Nasu, Hiroshi ^b   Ito, Shiro ^c   Aishima, Noboru ^d   Matsuyama, Tomomasa ^e   Kamaishi, Takashi ^e   Oseko, Norihisa ^e   Watanabe, Yasunori ^f  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Prefectural Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^c Saga Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^d Fukuoka Fisheries and Marine Technology Research Center   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^f FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrina pectinata; Bivalve; Histology; Pen shell; Transmission electron microscopy; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; HISTOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASS MORTALITY; MOLLUSC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ARIAKE BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ATRINA PECTINATA; CESTODA; HAPLOSPORIDIUM; MOLLUSCA; PERKINSUS; TYLOCEPHALUM;

EID: 33747839199     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao071169     Document Type: Article

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