Genomic Characterisation of Red Sea Bream Iridovirus (RSIV) Samples Collected in Japan in 2024 Revealed Genotype II and the First Detection of the Intermediate Type in Japan.

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The Megalocytivirus pagrus1 causes serious disease in aquaculture and is classified into three clades: infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), turbot reddish body iridovirus (TRBIV), and red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV), further classified as genotype I or II. Several recent studies have reported RSIV strains designated as mixed genotype I/II because they were assigned to different subtypes depending...

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