Full-Genome Sequencing and Confirmation of the Causative Agent of Erythrocytic Inclusion Body Syndrome in Coho Salmon Identifies a New Type of Piscine Orthoreovirus.
Erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome (EIBS) causes mass mortality in farmed salmonid fish, including the coho salmon, Onchorhynchus kisutchi, and chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha. The causative agent of the disease is a virus with an icosahedral virion structure, but this virus has not been characteri...
Published in: | PLOS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165424 https://doaj.org/article/70f125981a054d3db9cbb4d30a77ea37 |