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    Marine vertebrate zoonoses : an overview of the DAO Special Issue

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    Date
    2008-08-19
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    Moore, Michael J.  Concept link
    Gast, Rebecca J.  Concept link
    Bogomolni, Andrea L.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4527
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    https://doi.org/10.3354/dao01940
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    10.3354/dao01940
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     Zoonosis; Marine; Vertebrate 
    Abstract
    The role of marine birds, mammals, turtles and fish as vectors of infectious agents of potential risk to humans can be examined from a variety of perspectives. The studies in this DAO Special include a broad survey of multiple agents and species, a sequencing study of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes known to be pathogenic to humans, an assessment of risks to humans working with marine mammals, a source tracking study using E. coli ribotypes, studies of regional Salmonella and Brucella epizootiology, a serology survey and a case report of a herpes simplex infection in a dolphin. Additionally, a recently published study (Venn-Watson et al. 2008; Dis Aquat Org 79:87–93) classifying pure cultures of bacteria from a captive dolphin colony also pertains to this theme. These studies raise the following questions: whether the presence of zoonotic agents in marine vertebrates represents a risk to other marine vertebrates, humans, or both; what are the routes by which these marine vertebrate zoonotic infections are acquired and circulated in the marine ecosystem; to what degree are such agents subclinical versus causes of overt disease in marine vertebrates; what are the subsets of the human population most likely to be affected by such infections; and which human health preventive measures would seem reasonable?
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    Author Posting. © Inter-Research, 2008. This article is posted here by permission of Inter-Research for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 81 (2008): 1-3, doi:10.3354/dao01940.
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    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 81 (2008): 1-3
     

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