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. 1972 Jan;23(1):170-1.
doi: 10.1128/am.23.1.170-171.1972.

Preliminary observations on the uptake poliovirus by West Coast shore crabs

R DiGirolamo, L Wiczynski, M Daley, F Miranda

Preliminary observations on the uptake poliovirus by West Coast shore crabs

R DiGirolamo et al. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Jan.

Abstract

West Coast shore crabs (Pachygrapsus sp. and Hemigrapsus sp.), when in seawater contaminated with poliovirus or allowed to feed on virus-contaminated mussels (Mytilus californianus), were found to accumulate high titers of virus.

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