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Emergence of Salmonid Alphavirus Genotype 2 in Norway-Molecular Characterization of Viral Strains Circulating in Norway and Scotland.
Viruses - 6 Aug 2021
Hjortaas Monika J, Fringuelli Elena, Monjane Adérito L, Mikalsen Aase B, Jonassen Christine M, Savage Paul, Sindre Hilde
Abstract excerpt
Pancreas disease (PD) and sleeping disease (SD), caused by an alphavirus, are endemic in European salmonid aquaculture, causing significant mortality, reduced growth and poor flesh quality. In 2010, a new variant of salmonid alphavirus emerged in Norway, marine salmonid alphavirus genotype 2 (SAV2). As this genotype is highly prevalent in Scotland, transmission through well boat traffic was hypothesized as one...
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