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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6837190 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodríguez S M SM Uribe J C JC Estay S A SA Palacios M M Pinochet R R Oyarzún S S Valdivia N N
Royal Society open science 20191016 10
Cottage cheese disease is caused by microsporidian parasites that infect a wide range of animal populations. Despite its potential to affect economically important activities, the spatial patterns of prevalence of this disease are still not well understood. Here, we analyse the occurrence of the microsporidian <i>Areospora rohanae</i> in populations of the king crab <i>Lithodes santolla</i> over <i>ca</i> 800 km of the southeastern Pacific shore. In winter 2011, conical pots were deployed betwee ...[more]