title: Mycobacteria as environmental portent in Chesapeake Bay fish species.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aquatic Pathobiology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 20742, USA. akane@umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: Cynthia B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Stine
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hungerford
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsche
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Baya
mesh_terms: 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