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JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 113-117Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2013.852635
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT), Mexico [102744]
- CIBNOR [960-1]
- Acuicola la Borbolla
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The susceptibility of the endemic copepod Calanus pacificus californicus to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was established by the temporal analysis of WSSV VP28 transcripts by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The copepods were collected from a shrimp pond located in Bahia de Kino Sonora, Mexico, and challenged per os with WSSV by a virus-phytoplankton adhesion route. Samples were collected at 0, 24, 48 and 84 h postinoculation (hpi). The VP28 transcripts were not detected at early stages (0 and 24 hpi); however, some transcript accumulation was observed at 48 hpi and gradually increased until 84 hpi. Thus, these results clearly show that the copepod C. pacificus californicus is susceptible to WSSV infection and that it may be a potential vector for the dispersal of WSSV. However, further studies are still needed to correlate the epidemiological outbreaks of WSSV with the presence of copepods in shrimp ponds.
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