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dc.contributor.authorGulland, Frances M. D.
dc.contributor.authorHall, Ailsa J.
dc.contributor.authorYlitalo, Gina M.
dc.contributor.authorColegrove, Kathleen M.
dc.contributor.authorNorris, Tenaya
dc.contributor.authorDuignan, Pádraig J.
dc.contributor.authorHalaska, Barbie
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo Whitehouse, Karina
dc.contributor.authorLowenstine, Linda J.
dc.contributor.authorDeming, Alissa C.
dc.contributor.authorRowles, Teresa K.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-11T16:30:08Z
dc.date.available2020-12-11T16:30:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-10
dc.identifier271624820
dc.identifier979fe3d7-4418-438a-9917-7a818609dbb3
dc.identifier000600134300001
dc.identifier85098191431
dc.identifier.citationGulland , F M D , Hall , A J , Ylitalo , G M , Colegrove , K M , Norris , T , Duignan , P J , Halaska , B , Acevedo Whitehouse , K , Lowenstine , L J , Deming , A C & Rowles , T K 2020 , ' Persistent contaminants and herpesvirus OtHV1 are positively associated with cancer in wild California Sea Lions ( Zalophus californianus ) ' , Frontiers in Marine Science , vol. 7 , 602565 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.602565en
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: 10.3389/fmars.2020.602565
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7562-1771/work/85167827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/21133
dc.descriptionThis work was funded by the Geoffrey Hughes Fellowship, the National Institutes of Health (Fogarty International Center) and National Science Foundation joint program for the Ecology of Infectious Disease, the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Heath and Stranding Program, and the Natural Environment Research Council grant number NE/R015007/.en
dc.description.abstractThe prevalence of cancer in wild California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) is one of the highest amongst mammals, with 18–23% of adult animals examined post-mortem over the past 40 years having urogenital carcinoma. To date, organochlorines, genotype and infection with Otarine herpesvirus-1 (OtHV-1) have been identified in separate studies using distinct animals as associated with this carcinoma. Multi-year studies using large sample sizes to investigate the relative importance of multiple factors on marine mammal health are rare due to logistical and ethical challenges. The objective of this study was to use a case control approach with samples from 394 animals collected over 20 years in a multifactorial analysis to explore the relative importance of distinct factors identified to date as associated with sea lion cancer in the likelihood of sea lion carcinoma. Stepwise regression indicated that the best model to explain carcinoma occurrence included herpesvirus status, contaminant exposure, and blubber depth, but not genotype at a single microsatellite locus, PV11. The odds of carcinoma was 43.57 times higher in sea lions infected with OtHV-1 (95% CI 14.61, 129.96, p <0.001), and 1.48 times higher for every unit increase in the loge[contaminant concentrations], ng g–1 (an approximate tripling of concentration), in their blubber (95% CI 1.11, 1.97, p <0.007), after controlling for the effect of blubber depth. These findings demonstrate the importance of contaminant exposure combined with OtHV1 infection, in the potential for cancer occurrence in wild sea lions.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Marine Scienceen
dc.subjectCanceren
dc.subjectOrganochlorinesen
dc.subjectSea lionsen
dc.subjectHerpesvirusen
dc.subjectMicrosatelliteen
dc.subjectCase control studyen
dc.subjectGC Oceanographyen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subjectRC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)en
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccGCen
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.subject.lccRC0254en
dc.titlePersistent contaminants and herpesvirus OtHV1 are positively associated with cancer in wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2020.602565
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/R015007/1en


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