Characterization of a novel picornavirus isolated from moribund aquacultured clownfish

• Published in: Journal of general virology Vol. 101; no. 7; pp. 735 - 745
• Main Authors: Scherbatskoy, Elizabeth C., Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Al-Hussinee, Lowia, Imnoi, Kamonchai, Thompson, Patrick M., Popov, Vsevolod L., Ng, Terry Fei Fan, Kelley, Karen L., Alvarado, Rodolfo, Wolf, Jeffrey C., Pouder, Deborah B., Yanong, Roy P.E., Waltzek, Thomas B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Animals; Biopsy; Cell Line; Coinfection; Fish Diseases - diagnosis; Fish Diseases - virology; Genome, Viral; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Phylogeny; Picornaviridae - classification; Picornaviridae - genetics; Picornaviridae - isolation & purification; Picornaviridae Infections - veterinary; molecular diagnostics; cell culture; ornamental aquaculture; emerging disease; viral discovery; NGS; clownfish; PCR; picornavirus

Over the last decade, a number of USA aquaculture facilities have experienced periodic mortality events of unknown aetiology in their clownfish ( Amphiprion ocellaris ). Clinical signs of affected individuals included lethargy, altered body coloration, reduced body condition, tachypnea, and abnormal...