White spot syndrome virus infection in P. vannamei and M. rosenbergii : experimental studies on susceptibility to infection and disease

Since its appearance in the early 90’s, White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) has continuously caused devastating outbreaks of penaeid shrimp mortality, from the shores of South-East Asia, all over Latin-America and more recently in all middleeastern countries were shrimp culture had only started to expand. In all that time, only limited progress has been made in reducing the impact of the virus on shrimp production. Unlike with many of the other shrimp viruses circulating in the culture ponds, no signs of resistance against WSSV infection and disease in penaeid shrimp have been documented