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The Way of Water: Unravelling White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) Transmission Dynamics in Litopenaeus vannamei Shrimp by Natasja Cox; Evelien De Swaef; Mathias Corteel; Wim Van Den Broeck; Peter Bossier; João J. Dantas-Lima; Hans J. Nauwynck is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Way of Water: Unravelling White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) Transmission Dynamics in Litopenaeus vannamei Shrimp about?
White spot disease (WSD) is a severe viral threat to the global shrimp aquaculture industry. However, little is known about white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) transmission dynamics. Our aim was to elucidate this in __Litopenaeus vannamei__ using peroral __in vivo__ WSSV challenge experiments. We demonstrated that WSD progression was rapid and irreversible, leading to death within 78 h. Viral DNA shedding was detected within 6 h of disease onset. This shedding intensified over time, reaching a peak within 12 h of the time of death. Isolating shrimp (clinically healthy and diseased) from infected populations at different time points post-inoculation showed that host-to-host WSSV transmission was occurring around the time of death. Exposing sentinels to environmental components (i.e., water, feces, molts) collected from tanks housing WSSV-infected shrimp resulted in a significantly (__p__-value < 0.05) increased infection risk after exposure to water (1.0) compared to the risk of infection after exposure to feces (0.2) or molts (0.0). Furthermore, ingestion of WSSV-infected tissues (cannibalism) did not cause a significantly higher number of WSD cases compared to immersion in water in w
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- Author
- Natasja Cox; Evelien De Swaef; Mathias Corteel; Wim Van Den Broeck; Peter Bossier; João J. Dantas-Lima; Hans J. Nauwynck
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)