A novel totivirus and piscine reovirus (PRV) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS)

• Published in: Virology Journal
• Main Authors: Lovoll, Marie, Wiik-Nielsen, Jannicke, Grove, Soren, Wiik-Nielsen, Christer R., Kristoffersen, Anja B., Faller, Randi, Poppe, Trygve, Jung, Joonil, Pedamallu, Chandra S., Nederbragt, Alexander J., Meyerson, Matthew L., Rimstad, Espen, Tengs, Torstein
• Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
• Subjects: Norway; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70111

Background Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe disease affecting large farmed Atlantic salmon. Mortality often appears without prior clinical signs, typically shortly prior to slaughter. We recently reported the finding and the complete genomic sequence of a novel piscine reovirus (PRV), which...