title: Lymphocystis disease in the winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
abstract: Nodular lesions on the fins of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronemphocystis disease. Hypertrophied, encapsulated connective tissue cells contained cytoplasmic inclusions composed of icosahedral virus particles. The winter flounder is a new host for lymphocystis disease and is the second flatfish in the western North Atlantic to have the disease.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004267:DNA Viruses; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005399:Fishes; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary