First detection of piscine reovirus (PRV) in marine fish species
Wiik-Nielsen, Christer R.; Løvoll, Marie; Sandlund, Nina; Faller, Randi; Wiik-Nielsen, Jannicke; Jensen, Britt Bang
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108999Utgivelsesdato
2012-01-24Metadata
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02425Sammendrag
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.