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Prawn white spot virus, and how we tracked down its source in Asia

  • Written by: Wayne Knibb, Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
White spot virus is highly infectious, and can kill more than 80% of farmed prawns within days. from www.shutterstock.com

This week Four Corners aired Outbreak – an investigation into alleged “quarantine failures putting the Australian economy at risk”.

The story in part reviewed how a pathogen known as White Spot Syndrome Virus...

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