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Molecular epidemiology of betanodaviruses isolated from sea bass and sea bream cultured along the Tunisian coasts.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2013
Haddad-Boubaker Sondès, Bigarré Laurent, Bouzgarou Nadia, Megdich Aida, Baud Marine, Cabon Joëlle, Chéhida Noureddine Ben
Abstract excerpt
Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) is a serious viral disease affecting farmed sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Only scarce molecular data are available on the disease-causing betanodavirus populations in Tunisia. Therefore, we carried out the first molecular survey of betanodaviruses in farmed sea bass and sea bream (Sparus aurata) along the Tunisian coasts. Among 81 samples from five farms, 20 tested positive with...
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