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Desrina1, J A J Verreth, S B Prayitno
1Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Fisheries Department, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia. rinadesrina@yahoo.com
Abstract:
This study investigated whether WSSV replicates in naturally infected Dendronereis spp., a common polychaete (Nereididae) species in shrimp ponds in Indonesia. To detect WSSV replication, (i) immunohistochemistry (IHC) using a monoclonal antibody against WSSV VP28 protein and (ii) nested RT-PCR using specific primers set for the vp28 gene to detect WSSV-specific mRNA were applied. WSSV immunoreactive-nuclei were detected in the gut epithelium of the polychaete and WSSV mRNA was detected with nested RT-PCR. This, together with the IHC results, confirmed that WSSV could replicate in Dendronereis spp. This is the first report showing that WSSV replicated in a naturally infected non-crustacean host.
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