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- Evidence of vertical transmission of ostreid herpesvirus 1 in the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulataPublication . Sanmartin, Monserrat Lopez; Power, Deborah; de la Herran, Roberto; Navas, José I.; Batista, FredericoIn order to determine if ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) can be vertically transmitted, 9 full-sib families of the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata were produced using a factorial mating design with 3 males and 3 females. The parents were survivors from an OsHV-1 mortality outbreak. OsHV-1 DNA was not detected by conventional PCR in the mantle of parents, gametes or 3 day-old larvae. However, viral DNA was detected by real-time PCR in all gametes and larvae samples. These results show that C. angulata that have survived an OsHV-1 mortality outbreak can carry the virus and vertically transmit it to their offspring. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Experimental infection of European flat oyster Ostrea edulis with ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvar (OsHV-1 mu var): Mortality, viral load and detection of viral transcripts by in situ hybridizationPublication . Sanmartin, Monserrat Lopez; Power, Deborah; de la Herran, Roberto; Navas, Jose I.; Batista, FredericoOstreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) infections have been reported in several bivalve species. Mortality of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas spat has increased considerably in Europe since 2008 linked to the spread of a variant of OsHV-1 called var. In the present study we demonstrated that O. edulis juveniles can be infected by OsHV-1 mu var when administered as an intramuscular injection. Mortality in the oysters injected with OsHV-1 mu var was first detected 4 days after injection and reached 25% mortality at day 10. Moreover, the high viral load observed and the detection of viral transcripts by in situ hybridization in several tissues of dying oysters suggested that OsHV-1 mu var was the cause of mortality in the O. edulis juveniles. This is therefore the first study to provide evidence about the pathogenicity of OsHV-1 var in a species that does not belong to the Crassostrea genus. Additionally, we present a novel method to detect OsHV-1 transcripts in infected individuals' using in situ hybridization. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.