Clinical relevance of novel Otarine herpesvirus-3 in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): lymphoma, esophageal ulcers, and strandings

Herpesviruses have been recognized in marine mammals, but their clinical relevance is not always easy to assess. A novel otarine herpesvirus-3 (OtHV3) was detected in a geriatric California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), and using a newly developed quantitative PCR assay paired with histology, O...

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Main Authors: Venn-Watson, Stephanie, Benham, Celeste, Gulland, Frances M, Smith, Cynthia R, St Leger, Judy, Yochem, Pam, Nollens, Hendrik, Blas-Machado, Uriel, Saliki, Jeremiah, Colegrove, Katie, Wellehan, James FX, Rivera, Rebecca
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567969/