title: Preliminary observations on the uptake poliovirus by West Coast shore crabs.
abstract: West Coast shore crabs (Pachygrapsus sp. and Hemigrapsus sp.), when in seawater contaminated with poliovirus or allowed to feed on virus-contaminated mussels (Mytilus californianus), were found to accumulate high titers of virus.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia; D003386:Brachyura; D002140:California; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D007668:Kidney; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012623:Seawater; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution