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Article: Apoptosis of the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in vivo and in vitro in the Chesapeake Bay and the Long Island Sound.
- Article from:
- Journal of Shellfish Research
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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ABSTRACT Perkinsus marinus, a protozoan pathogen of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, infects oysters at high prevalences along the east coast of the United States. P. marinus was previously reported to be frequently apoptotic among the intestine epithelial cells in oysters collected from Long Island Sound. In this work, we study whether apoptotic activity of P. marinus cells is consistent with the distribution patterns of the parasite in the field in Long Island Sound and Chesapeake Bay. Prevalences and intensities of P. marinus infections were compared between Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound oysters during a 5-year period, from 1997 to 2001. In situ ...