About the Authors
- Leslie Burdett Hart
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* E-mail: leslie.burdett@noaa.gov
Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Dave S. Rotstein
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Affiliations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Marine Mammal Pathology Services, Olney, Maryland, United States of America
- Randall S. Wells
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Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society, c/o: Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- Jason Allen
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Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society, c/o: Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- Aaron Barleycorn
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Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society, c/o: Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- Brian C. Balmer
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Affiliations Chicago Zoological Society, c/o: Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
- Suzanne M. Lane
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Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Todd Speakman
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Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Eric S. Zolman
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Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Megan Stolen
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Affiliation Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Melbourne Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Wayne McFee
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Affiliation Coastal Marine Mammal Stranding Assessments Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Tracey Goldstein
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Affiliation Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
- Teri K. Rowles
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Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Lori H. Schwacke
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Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LBH LHS RSW TKR. Performed the experiments: LBH DSR JA AB BCB SML TS ESZ MS WM TG. Analyzed the data: LBH DSR TG LHS JA SML TS BCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSR TG TKR. Wrote the paper: LBH LHS RSW BCB TG.