Megalocytiviruses in ornamental fish: A review [PDF]
Iridoviruses, especially megalocytiviruses, are related to severe disease resulting in high economic losses in the aquaculture industry worldwide. The ornamental fish industry has been affected severely due to Megalocytivirus infections.
Che Azarulzaman Che Johan +1 more
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The genus Megalocytivirus, represented by red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV), the first identified and one of the best characterized megalocytiviruses, Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), the type species of the genus, and numerous other ...
Kazuhiro Nakajima, Jun Kurita
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Genetic and Pathogenic Characterization of a New Iridovirus Isolated from Cage-Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) in China [PDF]
Iridoviruses are an important pathogen of ectothermic vertebrates and are considered a significant threat to aquacultural fish production. Recently, one of the most economically important marine species in China, the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys ...
Gengshen Wang +9 more
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Megalocytivirus infection in cultured Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus [PDF]
Megalocytiviruses, such as infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), induce lethal systemic diseases in both ornamental and food fish species. In this study, we investigated an epizootic affecting Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus cultured in the US Midwest.
Kuttichantran Subramaniam +2 more
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Megalocytivirus infection in orbiculate batfish Platax orbicularis [PDF]
Megalocytiviruses cause systemic disease in both marine and freshwater fishes, negatively impacting ornamental and food fish aquaculture. In this report, we characterize a megalocytivirus infection in a captive marine ornamental fish, the orbiculate batfish Platax orbicularis.
Mark F Stidworthy, Thomas B Waltzek
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Megalocytivirus Infections in Fish, with Emphasis on Ornamental Species
This document is about megalocytiviruses, a group of fish viruses in the family Iridoviridae, which cause systemic infections in various freshwater and marine fish species1.
Roy Yanong, Thomas B. Waltzek
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Partial validation of a TaqMan quantitative polymerase chain reaction for the detection of the three genotypes of Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus. [PDF]
Megalocytiviruses (MCVs) are double-stranded DNA viruses known to infect important freshwater and marine fish species in the aquaculture, food, and ornamental fish industries worldwide.
Samantha A Koda +5 more
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Scale Drop Disease Virus Associated Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) Ascites Diseases, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Southern China: The First Description [PDF]
Scale drop disease virus (SDDV), an emerging piscine iridovirus prevalent in farmed Asian seabass Lates calcarifer in Southeast Asia, was firstly scientifically descripted in Singapore in 2015.
Yuting Fu +9 more
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Red Sea Bream Iridovirus Stability in Freeze–Thaw Cycles: Quantitative Assays of Infectious Particles [PDF]
Red sea bream iridovirus is a serious threat to farmed fish, but little is known about how repeated freezing and thawing affect its stability.
Ji-Min Jeong +5 more
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Infection of the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) embryo cell line YCE1 with megalocytivirus strain FD201807 leads to accumulation of capsid-deficient viral intermediates within intracellular vesicles at 48 h post-infection (a phenotype ...
Zaiyu Zheng +5 more
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