Genome Sequence of a Fish-Associated Polyomavirus, Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) Polyomavirus 1

a comparison of six diets on the growth of black sea bass , Centropristis striata , in an aquacultural environment

Correction: Offshore Habitat Preference of Overwintering Juvenile and Adult Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, and the Relationship to Year-Class Success

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Estimates of Fishing and Natural Mortality of Black Sea Bass, (Centropristis striata), in the Mid-Atlantic based on a Release-Recapture Experiment

Black sea bass in the Mid_Atlantic Bight, are exploited by recreational and commercial fisheries. To evaluate mortality rates, a tag release/recapture study was conducted with 13,794 tagged black sea bass (12,310 legal-size) released between Massachusetts and Cape Hatteras, NC from 2002 to 2004. Of these legal-size releases, 1,683 were recaptured during 2002 to 2007. An instantaneous rates conf...

Complete Sequence of the Smallest Polyomavirus Genome, Giant Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) Polyomavirus 1

Polyomaviruses are known to infect mammals and birds. Deep sequencing and metagenomic analysis identified the first polyomavirus from a cartilaginous fish, the giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis). Giant guitarfish polyomavirus 1 (GfPyV1) has typical polyomavirus genome organization, but is the smallest polyomavirus genome (3.96 kb) described to date.

Polyomavirus-Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HAART era

Polyomaviruses may cause human disease, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. JCV, one of the members of polyomaviridae family, is the causative agent of the neurological disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), which occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. Progressive Multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a progressive demyelinating disorder of the central nervous sy...