Diseases of Aquatic Organisms · 2011 · 39 citations · 4 references
Life SciencesBiologyMicrobiologyFish BiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyAquatic Animal Infectious DiseasesAquatic VirusesFish Disease EtiologyFish HealthMarine Fish BiologyViral InfectionsFish Disease PathogenesisFish VirologyMarine Fish DiseasesMarine Viral PathogensReovirus VectorsSkeletal Muscle InflammationViral Disease Causation
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.
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