The tidepool shrimp, Palaemon ritteri Holmes, constitutes a novel host to the white spot syndrome virus.

摘要: The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a lethal and contagious pathogen for penaeid shrimp growing number of other crustacean species. To date, there are no effective prophylactic or therapeutic treatments commercially available to interfere with the occurrence spread disease. In addition, significance alternative vectors on dispersal this disease has been largely ignored therefore ecological dynamics WSSV still poorly understood difficult ascertain. Thus, an important issue that should be considered in sanitary programmes management strategies identification species susceptible infection by WSSV. results obtained provide first direct evidence ongoing replication experimentally infected specimens tidepool Palaemon ritteri. Viral was detected using validated set primers amplification RT-PCR 141 bp fragment transcript encoding viral protein VP28. It conceivable may play significant role