A 6K-deletion variant of salmonid alphavirus is non-viable but can be rescued through RNA recombination.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Tz-Chun Guo, Daniel X Johansson, Øyvind Haugland, Peter Liljeström, Øystein Evensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Sav’; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100184; https://doaj.org/article/850a027f987c4795a54dd8e7a60fe8ae

Pancreas disease (PD) of Atlantic salmon is an emerging disease caused by Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) which mainly affects salmonid aquaculture in Western Europe. Although genome structure of SAV has been characterized and each individual viral protein has been identified, the role of 6K protein in vi...