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Virus fingered as top suspect in West Coast sea star wasting disease
Description: Millions of sea stars native to the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California to southern Alaska have succumbed to a mysterious wasting disease. It's a disease researchers say could trigger an unprecedented ecological upheaval under the waves. Now scientists have identified the deadly culprit as Sea Star Associated Densovirus (SSaDV). [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: http://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=133281&org=NSF&from=news
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 11/17/2014
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