title: The tidepool shrimp, Palaemon ritteri Holmes, constitutes a novel host to the white spot syndrome virus.
abstract: The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a lethal and contagious pathogen for penaeid shrimp and a growing number of other crustacean species. To date, there are no effective prophylactic or therapeutic treatments commercially available to interfere with the occurrence and spread of the disease. In addition, the significance of alternative vectors on the dispersal of this disease has been largely ignored and therefore the ecological dynamics of the WSSV is still poorly understood and difficult to ascertain. Thus, an important issue that should be considered in sanitary programmes and management strategies is the identification of species susceptible to infection by WSSV. The results obtained provide the first direct evidence of ongoing WSSV replication in experimentally infected specimens of the tidepool shrimp Palaemon ritteri. Viral replication was detected using a validated set of primers for the amplification by RT-PCR of a 141 bp fragment of the transcript encoding the viral protein VP28. It is therefore conceivable that this shrimp may play a significant role in the dispersal of WSSV.
authors: Laboratorio de Referencia, Análisis y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sánchez-Paz
authors: Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Terán-Díaz
authors: Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Enríquez-Espinoza
authors: Laboratorio de Referencia, Análisis y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Encinas-Garcia
authors: Laboratorio de Referencia, Análisis y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Vázquez-Sánchez
authors: Laboratorio de Referencia, Análisis y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Mendoza-Cano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058507:Host Specificity / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000821:virology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000502:physiology; D046848:White spot syndrome virus 1 / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C548473:VP28 protein, white spot syndrome virus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins
keywords: Palaemon ritteri; host shift; susceptibility; viral replication; virus dispersion; white spot syndrome virus