TY - JOUR AU - Audelo-del-Valle, Josefina AU - Clement-Mellado, Oliva AU - Magaña-Hernández, Anastasia AU - Flisser, Ana AU - Montiel-Aguirre, Fernando AU - Briseño-García, Baltasar T1 - Infection of Cultured Human and Monkey Cell Lines with Extract of Penaeid Shrimp Infected with Taura Syndrome Virus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 265 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Taura syndrome virus (TSV) affects shrimp cultured for human consumption. Although TSV is related to the Cricket Paralysis virus, it belongs to the “picornavirus superfamily,” the most common cause of viral illnesses. Here we demonstrate that TSV also infects human cell lines, which may suggest that Penaeus is a potential reservoir of this virus. KW - mammalian cultured cells KW - picornavirus superfamily KW - shrimp viral disease KW - Taura syndrome virus KW - dispatch KW - Mexico DO - 10.3201/eid0902.020181 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/2/02-0181_article ER - End of Reference