Piscine orthoreovirus | |
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Analysis of PRV-1 using Transmission Electron Microscopy (Scale bar 100nm). | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Duplornaviricota |
Class: | Resentoviricetes |
Order: | Reovirales |
Family: | Sedoreoviridae |
Genus: | Orthoreovirus |
Species: | Piscine orthoreovirus
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Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is a species in the genus Orthoreovirus that infects fish exclusively, PRV was first discovered in 2010 in farmed Atlantic salmon exhibiting Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI) and has been found present at higher concentration in fish with various diseases.[1] These diseases include HSMI, jaundice syndrome, proliferative darkening syndrome and erythrocytic body inclusion syndrome.[1][2][3][4] PRV is thought to mainly affect aquacultured and maricultured fish stocks, and recent research has been focused around the susceptibility of wild stock. However, whether PRV is virulent with respect to HSMI remains a topic of debate.[5] PRV has been in the public eye mostly due to a potential linkage to farmed Atlantic Salmon exhibiting HSMI.[1] Public concern has been raised regarding the possibility of open ocean-net farms transmitting PRV to wild salmon populations and being a factor in declining populations.[6] PRV has not been confirmed to be pathogenic in wild salmon stocks.