Table 1.

 Major viruses infecting marine shrimp

Virus	Abbreviation	Family‡	Genus‡	Genome	Known distribution
White spot syndrome virus†	WSSV	Nimaviridae	Whispovirus	dsDNA	Asia, Americas
Yellow head virus†	YHV	Roniviridae	Okavirus	(+) ssRNA	Asia, Central America
Gill‐associated virus	GAV	Roniviridae	Okavirus	(+) ssRNA	Australia, Asia, Pacific
Taura syndrome virus†	TSV	Dicistroviridae	Unassigned	(+) ssRNA	Americas, Asia
Infectious myonecrosis virus†	IMNV	Totiviridae	Unassigned	(+) ssRNA	South America, Asia
Baculovirus penaei†	BP	Baculoviridae	Unassigned	dsDNA	Asia
Monodon baculovirus†	MBV	Baculoviridae	Nucleopolyhedrosisvirus	dsDNA	Asia, Australia, Africa, Americas
Infectious hypoderma and haematopoietic necrosis virus†	IHHNV	Parvoviridae	Brevidensovirus	ssDNA	Asia, Australia, Africa, Americas, Pacific
Hepatopancreatic parvovirus	HPV	Parvoviridae	Brevidensovirus	ssDNA	Asia, Australia, Africa, Americas
Mourilyan virus	MoV	Bunavirus‐like	Unassigned	(−) ssRNA	Australia, Asia
Laem Singh virus	LSNV	Leuteovirus‐like	Unassigned	(+) ssRNA	Asia
Spawner‐isolated mortality virus	SMV	Parvoviridae	Unassigned	ssDNA	Australia, Asia
Baculoviral midgut gland necrosis virus	BMNV	Baculoviridae	Unassigned	dsDNA	Asia, Australia
Lymphoid organ vacuolization virus	LOVV	Togavirus‐like?	Unassigned	(+) ssRNA?	Americas

†OIE (2008) listed.

‡International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.