Did algal toxin and Klebsiella infections cause the unexplained 2007 mass mortality event in Danish and Swedish marine mammals?

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 914; p. 169817
• Main Authors: Mollerup, Ida-Marie, Bjørneset, Juni, Krock, Bernd, Jensen, Trine Hammer, Galatius, Anders, Dietz, Rune, Teilmann, Jonas, van den Brand, Judith M.A., Osterhaus, Albert, Kokotovic, Branko, Lundholm, Nina, Olsen, Morten Tange
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2024
• Subjects: algae; death; Denmark; Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP); Dinophysis; distemper; environment; epidemiology; Harbour seals; Harmful algal blooms (HABs); histology; influenza; Klebsiella pneumonia; Klebsiella pneumoniae; mortality; Pathogen; pathogens; Phoca vitulina; Phocoena phocoena; Phycotoxins; pneumonia; sample size; septicemia; Sweden; toxins; viruses; wildlife; Denmark; Sweden; Klebsiella pneumonia; Harbour seals; Phycotoxins; Harmful algal blooms (HABs); Pathogen; Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP)

An unusual mass mortality event (MME) of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) occurred in Denmark and Sweden in June 2007. Prior to this incident, the region had experienced two MMEs in harbour seals caused by Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV) in 1988 and 2002. Althou...