First Record of Black Band Disease in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Response, Outbreak Status, Virulence, and a Method of Treatment

• Greta S. Aeby ,

  * E-mail: greta@hawaii.edu

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Marine Biology Graduate Program, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Thierry M. Work,

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu Field Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Christina M. Runyon,

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Marine Biology Graduate Program, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Amanda Shore-Maggio,

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Microbiology Department, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Blake Ushijima,

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Microbiology Department, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Patrick Videau,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Silvia Beurmann,

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Microbiology Department, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Sean M. Callahan

  Affiliations Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Marine Biology Graduate Program, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Microbiology Department, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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