Diversity of sea star-associated densoviruses and transcribed endogenized viral elements of densovirus origin
Elliot W. Jackson, Roland C. Wilhelm, Mitchell R. Johnson, Holly L. Lutz, Isabelle Danforth, Joseph K. Gaydos, Michael W. Hart, Ian Hewson
The paper reassesses the association between densoviruses and Sea Star Wasting Syndrome by analyzing metagenomic and transcriptomic data, finding SSaDV is one of many densoviruses present in sea stars, not the sole cause of the syndrome.
Journal of Virology · Sep 22, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics