The tidepool shrimp, Palaemon ritteri Holmes, constitutes a novel host to the white spot syndrome virus.
J Fish Dis
; 38(7): 613-20, 2015 Jul.
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The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a lethal and contagious pathogen for penaeid shrimp and a growing number of other crustacean species. To date, there are no effective prophylactic or therapeutic treatments commercially available to interfere with the occurrence and spread of the disease. In addition, the significance of alternative vectors on the dispersal of this disease has been largely ignored and therefore the ecological dynamics of the WSSV is still poorly understood and difficult to ascertain. Thus, an important issue that should be considered in sanitary programmes and management strategies is the identification of species susceptible to infection by WSSV. The results obtained provide the first direct evidence of ongoing WSSV replication in experimentally infected specimens of the tidepool shrimp Palaemon ritteri. Viral replication was detected using a validated set of primers for the amplification by RT-PCR of a 141 bp fragment of the transcript encoding the viral protein VP28. It is therefore conceivable that this shrimp may play a significant role in the dispersal of WSSV.
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Palaemonidae
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Vírus da Síndrome da Mancha Branca 1
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Especificidade de Hospedeiro
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Animals
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En
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J Fish Dis
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BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
País de afiliação:
México
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Reino Unido