| histological, ultrastructural, and in situ hybridization study on enlarged cells in grouper epinephelus hybrids infected by grouper iridovirus in taiwan (tgiv). | grouper iridovirus in taiwan (tgiv) infection in the epinephelus hybrid is a major problem in the grouper industry. atpase gene sequences indicate that this virus is closely related to cell hypertrophy iridoviruses. histologically, the appearance of basophilic or eosinophilic enlarged cells in internal organs is the most characteristic feature of this disease. these cells are acid-phosphatase positive and are able to phagocytose injected carbon particles. in our study, tgiv infection inhibited n ... | 2004 | 15109134 |
| cloning of the major capsid protein (mcp) of grouper iridovirus of taiwan (tgiv) and preliminary evaluation of a recombinant mcp vaccine against tgiv. | fish iridoviruses cause systemic diseases with high mortality in various species of wild and farm-raised fish, resulting in severe economic losses. in 1998, we isolated a new epizootic iridovirus in cultured grouper (epinephelus sp.) in taiwan, thus named as grouper iridovirus of taiwan (tgiv). we report here the cloning of tgiv major capsid protein (mcp). phylogenetic analysis of the iridoviral mcps confirmed the classification of tgiv into the megalocytivirus genus. recombinant tgiv mcp and gi ... | 2015 | 26633384 |