title: Oyster herpes-type virus.
abstract: A herpes-type virus infection, the first to be found in an invertebrate animal, is reported in the oyster Crassostrea virginica. Intranuclear herpes-type viral inclusions were more prevalent in the oyster at elevated water temperatures of 28 degrees to 30 degrees C than at normal ambient temperatures of 18 degrees to 20 degrees C. The inclusions were associated with a lethal disease at the elevated temperatures.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006564:Herpesviridae; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010125:Ostreidae; D013696:Temperature; D014876:Water Pollution