The genus Perkinsus includes protistan parasites infecting marine molluscs throughout the
world, some of which are associated with mass mortalities. Life cycle involves vegetative …

Accurate detection and quantification of parasite body burden are critical for understanding
many aspects of host-parasite interactions. The standard assay for diagnosing Perkinsus …

Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan parasite that causes a major disease of eastern oysters
Crassostrea virginica from Chesapeake Bay south along the Atlantic coast of the USA and …

A new apicomplexan species, Perkinsus atlanticus, is described from gill filaments of the
clam Ruditapes decussatus (Bivalvia) from Portugal, where it causes great mortality. The …

Morphological characters of zoosporulation stages and DNA sequence of the internal
transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene …

Perkinsosis is a shellfish disease caused by protozoan parasite belonging to the genus
Perkinsus. Perkinsosis has been reported in some commercially important shellfishes …

Oysters were collected from coastal locations in China from 1999–2006 for parasite
analyses by molecular, culture, and histological techniques. Polymerase chain reaction …

Materials and Methods Animals Thirty-two short-necked clams each, ranging in shell length
from 28.6 to 38.9 mm, were collected at fishing and natural grounds in Kumamoto and …

A recent report on co-infection by two Perkinsus species in mud arks Anadara trapezia
(Bivalvia Arcidae) in Australia implies possible Perkinsus infection in other Arcidae species …

Perkinsosis is a disease of gastropod and bivalve molluscs caused by protozoan parasites
of the Perkinsus genus. These parasites have been responsible for mass mortalities …