title: Viral diseases in commercially exploited crabs: a review.
abstract: Viruses and viral diseases of crabs were observed and investigated earlier than the first observation of viruses in shrimp. In fact, crabs were used as biological models to investigate crustacean virology at the beginning of shrimp aquaculture development. More than 30 viruses have been reported in crabs, including those related to the known virus families Reoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Roniviridae and a group of Bacilliform enveloped nuclear viruses. This review reports data on several important viral diseases of crabs, particularly those associated with pathology of organs and tissues of commercially and ecologically significant host species.
authors.affiliation: Pathogens and Environment, UMR 5119 EcoLag cc 093, CNRS/UM2, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. bonami@crit.univ-montp2.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Robert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bonami
authors.forename: Shuyong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000821:virology*; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003132:Commerce; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005843:Geography; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046828:Roniviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046848:White spot syndrome virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification