A Novel Virus Causes Scale Drop Disease in Lates calcarifer.

From 1992 onwards, outbreaks of a previously unknown illness have been reported in Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) kept in maricultures in Southeast Asia. The most striking symptom of this emerging disease is the loss of scales. It was referred to as scale drop syndrome, but the etiology remained e...

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Main Authors: Ad de Groof, Lars Guelen, Martin Deijs, Yorick van der Wal, Masato Miyata, Kah Sing Ng, Lotte van Grinsven, Bartjan Simmelink, Yvonne Biermann, Luc Grisez, Jan van Lent, Anthony de Ronde, Siow Foong Chang, Carla Schrier, Lia van der Hoek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4529248?pdf=render