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Science 17 November 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4062, pp. 759 - 760
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4062.759
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Oyster Herpes-Type Virus

C. Austin Farley 1, William G. Banfield 2, George Kasnic Jr. 2, and Walter S. Foster 3

1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center, Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, Maryland 21654
2 National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
3 Hatchet Cove, Friendship, Maine 04547

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° to 30°C than at normal ambient temperatures of 18° to 20°C. The inclusions were associated with a lethal disease at the elevated temperatures.


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