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Caribbean Spiny Lobster; Panulirus-Argus-Virus-1 Pav1; Spatially-Explicit; Disease; Florida; Avoidance; Habitats; Ecology
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Review Of Panulirus Argus Virus 1-A Decade After Its Discovery, Dc Behringer, Mj Butler, Jeffrey D. Shields, Ja Moss
Review Of Panulirus Argus Virus 1-A Decade After Its Discovery, Dc Behringer, Mj Butler, Jeffrey D. Shields, Ja Moss
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In 2000, a pathogenic virus was discovered in juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters Panulirus argus from the Florida Keys, USA. Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) is the first naturally occurring pathogenic virus reported from lobsters, and it profoundly affects their ecology and physiology. PaV1 is widespread in the Caribbean with infections reported in Florida (USA), St. Croix, St. Kitts, Yucatan (Mexico), Belize, and Cuba. It is most prevalent and nearly always lethal in the smallest juvenile lobsters, but this declines with increasing lobster size; adults harbor the virus, but do not present the characteristic signs of the disease. No other PaV1 …