Detection of a baculovirus in the tiger prawn Penaeus monodon.
In postlarval Penaeus monodon from a hatchery in Asia a baculovirus was detected in the epithelial cells of the hepatopancreas by electron microscopy. The baculovirus was identified as the Monodon baculovirus (MBV).
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D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*