mSystems (Jun 2021)

A Novel Virus of <i>Flaviviridae</i> Associated with Sexual Precocity in <i>Macrobrachium rosenbergii</i>

  • Xuan Dong,
  • Guohao Wang,
  • Tao Hu,
  • Juan Li,
  • Chen Li,
  • Zhi Cao,
  • Mang Shi,
  • Yiting Wang,
  • Peizhuo Zou,
  • Jipeng Song,
  • Wen Gao,
  • Fanzeng Meng,
  • Guoliang Yang,
  • Kathy F. J. Tang,
  • Cixiu Li,
  • Weifeng Shi,
  • Jie Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00003-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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The iron prawn syndrome (IPS), also described as sexual precocity, results in the reduced size of farmed prawns at harvest and significant economic losses. IPS has been frequently reported in populations of farmed Macrobrachium rosenbergii