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Viruses from a wide variety of different virus families are capable of infecting shrimp. Many of these viruses, including white spot syndrome virus, have major impacts on the shrimp farming industry. As a consequence, during the past decade there has been increasing focus on the viruses infecting shrimp and on strategies to inhibit these viruses. This research has revealed two promising approaches for decreasing the impact of viruses on aquaculture: RNA interference and vaccination using viral proteins. Both strategies have recently proven successful in the laboratory, but a major challenge will be to adapt these for use in the field. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the viruses which cause problems, the progress on the understanding of the shrimp immune system and the development of strategies to inhibit viral infection. |
