title: Detection of megalocytivirus from imported tropical ornamental fish, paradise fish Macropodus opercularis.
abstract: Megalocytivirus was detected from paradise fish Macropodus opercularis imported from Indonesia. Four of 11 fish (36%) in 2006 and 40 of 117 fish (34%) in 2008 were found to be PCR-positive for megalocytivirus. Phylogenetic analysis based on partial major capsid protein (MCP) gene nucleotide sequences revealed that the sequences detected in paradise fish were classified as Genotype II, which includes freshwater fish isolates from Southeast Asian countries, closely related to infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), Murray cod iridovirus (MCIV), and dwarf gourami iridovirus (DGIV-2004). Paradise fish was added as a new host for megalocytivirus based on this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aqualife Medicine, College of Fisheries and Ocean Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 550-749, South Korea.
authors.forename: Wi-Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung-Joo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jong-Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Duwoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chan-Hyeok
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D007497:Iridoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010473:Perciformes; D010802:Phylogeny; D013997:Time Factors