Persistent Contaminants and Herpesvirus OtHV1 Are Positively Associated With Cancer in Wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

Persistent Contaminants and Herpesvirus OtHV1 Are Positively Associated With Cancer in Wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)

The prevalence of cancer in wild California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) is one of the highest amongst mammals, with 18–23% of adult animals examined post-mortem over the past 40 years having urogenital carcinoma. To date, organochlorines, genotype and infection with Otarine herpesvirus-1 (OtH...

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Main Authors: Frances M. D. Gulland, Ailsa J. Hall, Gina M. Ylitalo, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Tenaya Norris, Pádraig J. Duignan, Barbie Halaska, Karina Acevedo Whitehouse, Linda J. Lowenstine, Alissa C. Deming, Teresa K. Rowles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
cancer
organochlorines
sea lions
herpesvirus
microsatellite
case control study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.602565/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.602565/full

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