Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States
Due to an increase in pinniped strandings with consistent pathological findings throughout the North Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer and fall of 2006, an unusual mortal- ity event (UME) was declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National M...
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ftcdlib:qt7rt938f5 2023-05-15T15:59:53+02:00 Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States Siembieda, JL Hall, AJ Gulland, FMD Rowles, T Garron, M Matassa, K Rotstein, DS Gonzalez, S Johnson, CK 254 - 263 2017-01-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7rt938f5 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt7rt938f5 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7rt938f5 public Siembieda, JL; Hall, AJ; Gulland, FMD; Rowles, T; Garron, M; Matassa, K; et al.(2017). Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States. Aquatic Mammals, 43(3), 254 - 263. doi:10.1578/AM.43.3.2017.254. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7rt938f5 article 2017 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.43.3.2017.254 2018-06-29T22:51:54Z Due to an increase in pinniped strandings with consistent pathological findings throughout the North Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer and fall of 2006, an unusual mortal- ity event (UME) was declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 20 October 2006. The goals of this investigation were to describe the magnitude and duration of the peak in mortalities involved in the UME and to evaluate associations with potential causative agents. Seal strandings during the UME were compared to historical strandings in the area to characterize the epidemiologic pat- terns of the UME. Temporal increases in phocine distemper virus (PDV) prevalence as detected by serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were significantly correlated with increased seal stranding frequency. During July to October 2006, there was a significant spatial and tempo- ral cluster of PDV positive seals centered near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Our findings provide evidence that PDV infections increased in harbor seals along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S. in 2006, and PDV likely played a role in a UME that involved harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), harp seals Phoca groenlandica), hooded seals (Cystophora cristata), and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). Article in Journal/Newspaper Cystophora cristata North Atlantic Phoca groenlandica Phoca vitulina University of California: eScholarship Cape Ann ENVELOPE(51.367,51.367,-66.167,-66.167) Aquatic Mammals 43 3 254 263 |
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Due to an increase in pinniped strandings with consistent pathological findings throughout the North Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer and fall of 2006, an unusual mortal- ity event (UME) was declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 20 October 2006. The goals of this investigation were to describe the magnitude and duration of the peak in mortalities involved in the UME and to evaluate associations with potential causative agents. Seal strandings during the UME were compared to historical strandings in the area to characterize the epidemiologic pat- terns of the UME. Temporal increases in phocine distemper virus (PDV) prevalence as detected by serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were significantly correlated with increased seal stranding frequency. During July to October 2006, there was a significant spatial and tempo- ral cluster of PDV positive seals centered near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Our findings provide evidence that PDV infections increased in harbor seals along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S. in 2006, and PDV likely played a role in a UME that involved harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), harp seals Phoca groenlandica), hooded seals (Cystophora cristata), and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). |
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Siembieda, JL Hall, AJ Gulland, FMD Rowles, T Garron, M Matassa, K Rotstein, DS Gonzalez, S Johnson, CK Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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Siembieda, JL Hall, AJ Gulland, FMD Rowles, T Garron, M Matassa, K Rotstein, DS Gonzalez, S Johnson, CK |
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Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States |
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epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the north atlantic coast of the united states |
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Siembieda, JL; Hall, AJ; Gulland, FMD; Rowles, T; Garron, M; Matassa, K; et al.(2017). Epidemiology of a phocine distemper virus outbreak along the North Atlantic coast of the United States. Aquatic Mammals, 43(3), 254 - 263. doi:10.1578/AM.43.3.2017.254. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7rt938f5 |
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