White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is the causative agent of white spot disease and is responsible for severe economic losses in shrimp culture industry worldwide. Outbreaks of this disease have wiped out entire populations of shrimp farm within 3-4 days. WSSV is at present the largest animal virus, which is a member of the genus Whispovirus within a new virus family called Nimaviridae. RNA interference has recently emerged as a powerful tool for specific gene silencing in antiviral therapy. The present study discusses the potential of bacterially synthesized long dsRNA to silence...
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is the causative agent of white spot disease and is responsible for severe economic losses in shrimp culture indust...