DAO 97:255-258 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02425
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First detection of piscine reovirus (PRV) in marine fish species
Christer R. Wiik-Nielsen1,*, Marie Løvoll1, Nina Sandlund,2 Randi Faller1, Jannicke Wiik-Nielsen1, Britt Bang Jensen1
ABSTRACT: Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a disease that affects farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. several months after the fish have been transferred to seawater. Recently, a new virus called piscine reovirus (PRV) was identified in Atlantic salmon from an outbreak of HSMI and in experimentally challenged fish. PRV is associated with the development of HSMI, and has until now only been detected in Atlantic salmon. This study investigates whether the virus is also present in wild fish populations that may serve as vectors for the virus. The virus was found in few of the analyzed samples so there is probably a more complex relationship that involves several carriers and virus reservoirs.
KEY WORDS: Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation · HSMI · Transmission · Reovirus · Wild marine fish species · Farmed fish · PCR
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(2012) First detection of piscine reovirus (PRV) in marine fish species. Dis Aquat Org 97:255-258. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02425
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