Mycobacteria as environmental portent in Chesapeake Bay fish species.
Infection with environmental mycobacteria is increasing among many Chesapeake Bay fish species. Prevalence in juvenile Atlantic menhaden differed between tributaries and ranged from 2% to 57%. Mycobacterial infection may be a syndromic sentinel of altered environmental conditions that threaten aquatic animal health.
Kane
Andrew S
AS
Aquatic Pathobiology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 20742, USA. akane@umaryland.edu
Stine
Cynthia B
CB
Hungerford
Laura
L
Matsche
Mark
M
Driscoll
Cindy
C
Baya
Ana M
AM
D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D017753:Ecosystem; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D020387:Food Chain; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045483:Rivers; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance