Detection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Lake Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorMdegela, R
dc.contributor.authorChengula, A
dc.contributor.authorWamala, S
dc.contributor.authorMwega, E
dc.contributor.authorKasanga, C
dc.contributor.authorByarugaba, D
dc.contributor.authorTal, S
dc.contributor.authorBornstein, B
dc.contributor.authorDishon, A
dc.contributor.authorMutoloki, S
dc.contributor.authorDavid, L
dc.contributor.authorEvensen, O
dc.contributor.authorMunang’andu, H
dc.contributor.authorMugimba, K. K
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-12T12:38:02Z
dc.date.available2022-05-12T12:38:02Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-02
dc.description.abstractTilapia lake virus disease (TiLVD) has emerged to be an important viral disease of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) having the potential to impede expansion Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda of aquaculture production. There is a need for rapid diagnostic tools to identify 3 no difference in prevalence between farmed and wild fish infected fish to limit the spread in individual farms. We report the first detection of TiLV infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia from Lake Victoria. There was the 442 samples examined from 191 fish, 28 were positive for TiLV by PCR. In terms of tissue distribution, the head kidney (7.69%, N = 65) and spleen (10.99%, N = 191), samples had the highest prevalence (p < .0028) followed by heart samples (3.45%, N = 29). Conversely, the prevalence was low in the liver (0.71%, N = 140) and absent in brain samples (0.0%, N = 17), which have previously been shown to be target organs during acute infections. Phylogenetic analysis showed homology between our sequences and those from recent outbreaks in Israel and Thailand. Correspondence Hetron Mweemba Munang’andu, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Section of Aquatic Medicine and Nutrition, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. Email: hetroney. mweemba.munangandu@nmbu.no Given that these findings were based on nucleic acid detection by PCR, future stud- ies should seek to isolate the virus from fish in Lake Victoria and show its ability to cause disease and virulence in susceptible fish.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4119
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectLake Victoriaen_US
dc.subjectNile tilapiaen_US
dc.subjectPCRen_US
dc.subjectPhylogeneticen_US
dc.subjectSurveillanceen_US
dc.subjectTilapia lake virusen_US
dc.titleDetection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Lake Victoriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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