Genomic Epidemiology of Salmonid Alphavirus in Norwegian Aquaculture Reveals Recent Subtype-2 Transmission Dynamics and Novel Subtype-3 Lineages

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Daniel J. Macqueen, Oliver Eve, Manu Kumar Gundappa, Rose Ruiz Daniels, Michael D. Gallagher, Svein Alexandersen, Marius Karlsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: genomic epidemiology; genomic surveillance; viral genomics; aquaculture; salmonid alphavirus; pancreas disease; Microbiology; QR1-502; Norway; Sav’; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13122549; https://doaj.org/article/f957c8d09f7449578d1ec803c216422d

Viral disease poses a major barrier to sustainable aquaculture, with outbreaks causing large economic losses and growing concerns for fish welfare. Genomic epidemiology can support disease control by providing rapid inferences on viral evolution and disease transmission. In this study, genomic epide...