: A standardized bath challenge of Atlantic salmon reveals distinct infection dynamics and mortality across ten HPR-deleted infectious salmon anaemia virus isolates.
Sonal Patel, Ole Bendik Dale, Bjørn Spilsberg, Johanna Hol Fosse, Torfinn Moldal, Magnus Leithaug, Marit Måsøy Amundsen, Saima Nasrin Mohammad, Adriana Magalhães Santos Andresen, Laura V. Solarte-Murillo, Frieda Betty Ploss, Henriette Kvalvik, Simon Chioma Weli
The paper challenges ten ISAV-HPR-deleted virus isolates in Atlantic salmon to assess their virulence, finding wide variation in mortality and infection dynamics.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology