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DAO 54:253-257 (2003)
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Abstract
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High variation in repetitive DNA fragment length for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) isolates in Thailand
Chainarong Wongteerasupaya1, Paranee Pungchai2, Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul3, Vichai Boonsaeng3, Sakol Panyim3, T. W. Flegel3,*, Peter J. Walker4
1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and
2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Srinakharinwirot University, Sukhumvit 23 Road, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
3Centex Shrimp, Chalerm Prakiat Building, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
4CSIRO Livestock Industries, Long Pocket Laboratory, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland 4068, Australia
*Corresponding author. Email: sctwf@mahidol.ac.th
ABSTRACT: White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) presently causes the most serious losses to shrimp farmers worldwide. Earlier reports of high DNA sequence homology among isolates from widely separated geographical regions suggested that a single virus was the
cause. However, we have found surprisingly high variation in the number of 54 bp DNA repeats in ORF94 (GenBank AF369029) from 55 shrimp ponds (65 shrimp samples) experiencing WSSV outbreaks in Thailand in 2000 and 2002. These were detected by PCR
amplification using primers ORF94-F and ORF94-R flanking the repeat region. Altogether, 12 different repeat groups were found (from 6 to 20 repeats) with 8 repeats being most frequent (about 32%). Extracts prepared from individual shrimp in the same
outbreak pond belonged to the same repeat group while those collected at the same time from separate WSSV outbreak ponds, or from the same ponds at different times, usually belonged to different repeat groups. This suggested that different outbreaks were
caused by different WSSV isolates. In contrast to the highly variable numbers of repeats, sequence variation within the repeat region was confined to either T or G at Position 36. These variations may be useful for epidemiological studies on the local and
global movement of WSSV, since there is high variation in the number of repeats (good for local studies) but little sequence change (good for global studies).
KEY WORDS: WSSV · DNA sequence variation · Tandem DNA repeat
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Published in DAO Vol.
54, No. 3
(2003) on April 24
Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2003
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