White spot syndrome
Viral infection of penaeid shrimp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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White spot syndrome (WSS) is a viral infection of penaeid shrimp. The disease is highly lethal and contagious, killing shrimp quickly. Outbreaks of this disease have wiped out the entire populations of many shrimp farms within a few days, in places throughout the world.
Whispovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Class: | Naldaviricetes |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | Nimaviridae |
Genus: | Whispovirus |
Species | |
White spot syndrome virus |
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is the lone virus of the genus Whispovirus (white spot), which is the only genus in the family Nimaviridae.[1] It is responsible for causing white spot syndrome in a wide range of crustacean hosts.[2][3]
The disease is caused by a family of related viruses subsumed as the white spot syndrome baculovirus complex[4] and the disease caused by them as white spot syndrome.[5]