| characterization of nodavirus and viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in farmed turbot, scophthalmus maximus (l.). | an outbreak of nodavirus infection in turbot larvae is described with respect to histopathology, immunohistochemistry, cell culture cultivation, rt-pcr amplification and sequence analysis of the capsid protein gene rna2. affected turbot developed classical signs of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (ver) with abnormal swimming behaviour and high mortality levels. in the acute stage of infection, light microscopy revealed vacuolation of the central nervous system (cns), with positive immunohis ... | 2004 | 15482424 |