Near-Complete Genome Sequences of 12 Peruvian Strains of Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Infecting the Shrimp Penaeus vannamei

Abstract

Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) is a shrimp virus listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). In this study, we report the genomic sequences of 12 IHHNV strains obtained from shrimp samples from aquaculture cultures from the Tumbes region of Peru.

Parvoviruses of Aquatic Animals

“…IHHNV is listed by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) [36] as an internationally notifiable disease due to its association with significant mortality in Pacific blue leg shrimp (Penaeus (Litopenaeus) stylirostris) and runt deformity syndrome (RDS) in Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei). The virus is widespread [80] and has been reported in 32 countries to date in America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa [74,[80][81][82]. In addition, it has been detected in about 30 species of shellfish, including in wild and farmed penaeid shrimps P. stylirostris [72], P. vannamei [83,84], P. monodon [85] and several others [74], in non-penaeid shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii [35,86], in crayfish Procambarus clarkii [87,88] and Cherax quadricarinatus [89], and crabs Hemigrapsus penicillatus, Neohelice granulate, Callinectes arcuatus, and Sesarma reticulatum [81,[90][91][92] and in bivalve shellfish [93].…”