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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Parasitol. 2016 Jan 19;32(4):336–348. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.12.004

Figure 2. Microsporidiosis in Shrimp Farming.

Figure 2

Routine health-checking of shrimp stock throughout the production cycle (A,B) and the application of sensitive and specific diagnostics for known and emergent shrimp pathogens has revealed a host-switching event and emergence of clinical disease caused by the microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon hepatopenaeii in Penaeus vannamei from in Asia. The parasite, congeneric with the human pathogen Enterocytozoon bieneusi, undergoes similar development within the gut of infected shrimp and is implicated in the multi-billion dollar yield-limiting condition known as early mortality syndrome (EMS).