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Summary

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  • 25 November 2019
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Animal Disease
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • infectious myonecrosis
  • Overview

  • Infectious myonecrosis is a disease of penaeid shrimp, most notably the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, caused by infection with infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) (Poulos et at., 2006). IMNV first emerged in north-eastern Brazil...

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • infectious myonecrosis

Overview

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Infectious myonecrosis is a disease of penaeid shrimp, most notably the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, caused by infection with infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) (Poulos et at., 2006). IMNV first emerged in north-eastern Brazil, but spread to Indonesia in 2006, likely by careless importation of shrimp aquaculture stocks (Flegel, 2012; Lightner et al., 2012). IMNV causes necrosis of the skeletal muscle of distal segments and the tail fan and has resulted in large economic losses in both Brazil and Indonesia. Mortality in ponds can reach 70% (Poulos and Lightner, 2006).

Infectious myonecrosis is on the list of diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). For further information on this disease from OIE, see the website: www.oie.int

Host Animals

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Animal nameContextLife stageSystem
Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg shrimp)

Hosts/Species Affected

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The principal host species in which IMNV is known to cause significant disease outbreaks and mortalities in farmed populations is the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Poulos et at., 2006). Litopenaeus stylirostris and Penaeus monodon have been infected experimentally with IMNV, but mortalities did not occur (Tang et al., 2005).

Distribution

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IMNV was first reported from Brazil, but since 2006 from Indonesia. IMNV has not been reported from other countries in Asia (Flegel, 2012).

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 07 Jan 2022
Continent/Country/Region Distribution Last Reported Origin First Reported Invasive Reference Notes

Africa

AlgeriaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
BotswanaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
Cabo VerdeAbsentJul-Dec-2019
EgyptAbsentJul-Dec-2019
EswatiniAbsentJul-Dec-2019
GhanaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
KenyaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
LibyaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
MadagascarAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
MauritiusAbsentJan-Jun-2019
MoroccoAbsentJan-Jun-2020
NigeriaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
Saint HelenaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
SeychellesAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
SomaliaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2018
South AfricaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
SudanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
TunisiaAbsentJul-Dec-2019

Asia

AfghanistanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
ArmeniaAbsentJul-Dec-2020
AzerbaijanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
BangladeshAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
BruneiAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
ChinaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
GeorgiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
Hong KongAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2020
IndiaPresent, LocalizedJan-Jun-2018
IndonesiaPresent, LocalizedJan-Jun-2019
IraqAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
IsraelAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
JapanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
JordanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
KuwaitAbsentJan-Jun-2019
KyrgyzstanAbsentJan-Jun-2019
MalaysiaPresentJan-Jun-2018
MaldivesAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
MongoliaAbsentJul-Dec-2018
MyanmarAbsentJul-Dec-2019
PhilippinesAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
Saudi ArabiaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
SingaporeAbsentJul-Dec-2020
South KoreaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
TajikistanAbsentJan-Jun-2019
ThailandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
TurkmenistanAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
United Arab EmiratesAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
VietnamAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019

Europe

AndorraAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
CroatiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
CyprusAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
CzechiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
DenmarkAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
EstoniaAbsentJul-Dec-2019
Faroe IslandsAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2018
FinlandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
GreeceAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
HungaryAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
IcelandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
IrelandAbsentJul-Dec-2019
LatviaAbsentJul-Dec-2020
LiechtensteinAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
LithuaniaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
MaltaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
MoldovaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
NetherlandsAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
North MacedoniaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
PortugalAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
SerbiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
SloveniaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
SpainAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
SwedenAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
SwitzerlandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
UkraineAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
United KingdomAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019

North America

BahamasAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
BarbadosAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2020
BelizeAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
CanadaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
CubaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
El SalvadorAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
GreenlandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
JamaicaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
MexicoAbsentJul-Dec-2019
NicaraguaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
PanamaAbsentJan-Jun-2019
United StatesAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019

Oceania

AustraliaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
Cook IslandsAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
Federated States of MicronesiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
FijiAbsentJan-Jun-2019
French PolynesiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
KiribatiAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
Marshall IslandsAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
New CaledoniaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
New ZealandAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
PalauAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
Papua New GuineaAbsentJan-Jun-2019
SamoaAbsentJan-Jun-2019
TongaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2020
VanuatuAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019

South America

ArgentinaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
BoliviaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
BrazilPresentJul-Dec-2019
ChileAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
ColombiaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
EcuadorAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019
Falkland IslandsAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2018
PeruAbsent, No presence record(s)Jul-Dec-2019
UruguayAbsentJul-Dec-2020
VenezuelaAbsent, No presence record(s)Jan-Jun-2019

References

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Costa AM; Buglione CC; Bezerra FL; Martins PCC; Barracco MA, 2009. Immune assessment of farm-reared Penaeus vannamei shrimp naturally infected by IMNV in NE Brazil. Aquaculture, 291(3/4):141-146. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4D-4VXB8S4-1&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F16%2F2009&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%234972%232009%23997089996%231093059%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=4972&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=14&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=579e72e2ab9a45b9ccf4e7a2e0e7f453

Flegel TW, 2012. Historic emergence, impact and current status of shrimp pathogens in Asia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 110(2):166-173. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022201112000602

Lightner DV; Redman RM; Pantoja CR; Tang KFJ; Noble BL; Schofield P; Mohney LL; Nunan LM; Navarro SA, 2012. Historic emergence, impact and current status of shrimp pathogens in the Americas. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 110(2):174-183. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022201112000638

Poulos BT; Lightner DV, 2006. Detection of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) of penaeid shrimp by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 73(1):69-72.

Poulos BT; Tang KFJ; Pantoja CR; Bonami JR; Lightner DV, 2006. Purification and characterization of infectious myonecrosis virus of penaeid shrimp. Journal of General Virology, 87(4):987-996. http://vir.sgmjournals.org

Senapin S; Phewsaiya K; Briggs M; Flegel TW, 2007. Outbreaks of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in Indonesia confirmed by genome sequencing and use of an alternative RT-PCR detection method. Aquaculture, 266(1/4):32-38. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486

Tang KFJ; Pantoja CR; Poulos BT; Redman RM; Lightnere DV, 2005. In situ hybridization demonstrates that Litopenaeus vannamei, L. stylirostris and Penaeus monodon are susceptible to experimental infection with infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 63(2/3):261-265.

Distribution References

Costa A M, Buglione C C, Bezerra F L, Martins P C C, Barracco M A, 2009. Immune assessment of farm-reared Penaeus vannamei shrimp naturally infected by IMNV in NE Brazil. Aquaculture. 291 (3/4), 141-146. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4D-4VXB8S4-1&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F16%2F2009&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%234972%232009%23997089996%231093059%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=4972&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=14&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=579e72e2ab9a45b9ccf4e7a2e0e7f453 DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.013

OIE, 2018. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS): Jul-Dec. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int/

OIE, 2018a. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS): Jan-Jun. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int

OIE, 2019. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS): Jul-Dec. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int/

OIE, 2019a. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS): Jan-Jun. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int/

OIE, 2020. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS): Jul-Dec. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int/

OIE, 2020a. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS). Jan-Jun. In: OIE-WAHIS Platform, Paris, France: OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). unpaginated. https://wahis.oie.int/

Senapin S, Phewsaiya K, Briggs M, Flegel T W, 2007. Outbreaks of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in Indonesia confirmed by genome sequencing and use of an alternative RT-PCR detection method. Aquaculture. 266 (1/4), 32-38. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486 DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.02.026

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