Science
‘Mussel-bola’ Could Be Spreading. Maybe Now You’ll Pay Attention. – The New York Times
New findings suggest a previously unknown virus may play a role in the sudden death of many freshwater mussels in recent years.
One of those, a densovirus, belongs to a class of viruses linked with lethal epidemic disease in shrimp, cockroaches, crickets, moths, crayfish and silkworms. It was much more likely to be present, and in higher densities, in sick mussels compared with healthy control subjects.
Before, we were throwing our hands up, said Tony Goldberg, a veterinary epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin and a co-author. Now we have a clear hypothesis.
The findings do not conclusively show that the virus…
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