Molecular characterisation of grouper iridovirus isolates from Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hazeri, Maryam, Mohd Daud, Hassan, Abba, Yusuf, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Allaudin, Zeenathul Nazariah, Soltani, Mehdi, Hamdan, Ruhil Hayati, Mohamad, Nora Faten Afifah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Veterinary Association Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56837/1/JVM-2017-Dr-Hassan.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56837/; http://jvm.vam.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/JVM-2017-Dr-Hassan.pdf

Grouper Iriovirus (GIV) is one of the most devastating viral diseases of marine and cultured groupers worldwide. In the current study, 5 presumptive Malaysian GIV isolates were characterised through PCR amplification of the major capsid protein (MCP) gene and phylogenetic analysis of the sequences....