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ArticleScientific reports2015

Development of a Serological Assay for the Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Anellovirus, ZcAV.

Elizabeth Fahsbender, Karyna Rosario, John P Cannon, Frances Gulland, Larry J Dishaw, Mya Breitbart

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth FahsbenderUniversity of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
Karyna RosarioUniversity of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
John P CannonUniversity of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 801 6th Street South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
Frances GullandThe Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Sausalito, CA 94965 USA.
Larry J DishawUniversity of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 801 6th Street South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
Mya Breitbart1] University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA [2] University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 801 6th Street South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
University of South Florida St. Petersburg · USCollege of Marin · USMarine Mammal Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New diseases in marine animals are emerging at an increasing rate, yet methodological limitations hinder characterization of viral infections. Viral metagenomics is an effective method for identifying novel viruses in diseased animals; however, determining virus pathogenesis remains a challenge. A novel anellovirus (Zalophus californianus anellovirus, ZcAV) was recently reported in the lungs of captive California sea lions involved in a mortality event. ZcAV was not detected by PCR in the blood of these animals, creating the inability to assess the prevalence of ZcAV in live sea lions. This study developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect antibodies to ZcAV in sea lion serum. To assess ZcAV prevalence, paired serum and lung samples (n = 96) from wild sea lions that stranded along the California coast were tested through ELISA and PCR, respectively. Over 50% of the samples tested positive for ZcAV by ELISA (34%), PCR (29%), or both (11%) assays. ZcAV is prevalent in stranded wild sea lion populations and results suggest that PCR assays alone may grossly underestimate ZcAV exposure. This ELISA provides a tool for testing live sea lions for ZcAV exposure and is valuable for subsequent studies evaluating the potential pathogenicity of this anellovirus.

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AnelloviridaePolymerase Chain ReactionAnimalsDNA, ViralDNA Virus InfectionsSea LionsDNA, Viral

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