Species data

Common names

Name:

Shrimp, Pacific white

Family:

Penaeid shrimps

Name:

Marine crustacea

Latin names

Name:

Penaeus vannamei

Family:

Penaeidae

Name:

Natantia

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Unknown	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Japan [Immediate notification 04/03/21]
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Natural occurrence	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Japan [Immediate notification 21/10/20] Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Korea (Rep. of) [Immediate notification 11/02/21]
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Unknown	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Korea (Rep. of) [Immediate notification 11/08/21]
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Natural occurrence	First report of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) occurring in the USA Necrotising hepatopancreatitis
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Unknown	Necrotising hepatopancreatitis, Belize [Immediate notification, 01/03/2020]
Hepatobacter penaei (Necrotising hepatopancreatitis)	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online)
Hepatopancreatic parvovirus disease	Natural occurrence	Hepatopancreatic parvovirus disease
Hepatopancreatic parvovirus disease	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Classical runt deformity syndrome cases in farmed penaeus vannamei along the East coast of India Detection of IHHN virus in Penaeus stylirostris and P. vannamei imported into Hawaii.
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Unknown	Detection of IHHNV in Litopenaeus vannamei farms in Costa Rica
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Diseases of cultured penaeid shrimp.
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Vector	History, impact, and status of infectious diseases of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Bonne, 1831) cultivated in Mexico
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Incidence of simultaneous infection of infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in Litopenaeus vannamei Infection of IHHN virus in two species of cultured penaeoid shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) and Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson) in Ecuador during El Nino 1997-98.
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Unknown	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, Canada [Immediate notification 16/08/19 (Final report)]
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United Kingdom [Immediate notification 04/12/20 (final report)]
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Unknown	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United Kingdom [Immediate notification 20/08/19] Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United States of America [Immediate notification 13/06/19]
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United States of America [Immediate notification 20/11/19] Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis, a newly recognized virus disease of penaeid shrimp.
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Prevalence and geographic distribution of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in wild blue shrimp Penaeus stylirostris from the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Real-time PCR tests to specifically detect IHHNV lineages and an IHHNV EVE integrated in the genome of Penaeus monodon.
Infectious Myonecrosis	Natural occurrence	A multi-season survey for infectious myonecrosis in farmed shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, in Pernambuco, Brazil. Infectious myonecrosis Infectious myonecrosis, Brazil: Immediate notification. Infectious myonecrosis: new disease in Pacific white shrimp
Infectious Myonecrosis	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Infectious Myonecrosis	Natural occurrence	Novel infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) genotypes associated with disease outbreaks on Penaeus vannamei shrimp farms in Indonesia OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) Outbreaks of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in Indonesia confirmed by genome sequencing and use of an alternative RT-PCR detection method
Penaeus monodon Nudivirus (PmNV) aka Monodon baculovirus	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Penaeus monodon Nudivirus (PmNV) aka Monodon baculovirus	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition).
Spherical baculovirosis (Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus)	Refractory-not susceptible	Evidence that the whiteleg shrimp Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei is refractory to infection by Penaeus monodon nudivirus (PmNV), also known as MBV
Taura Syndrome	Vector	History, impact, and status of infectious diseases of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Bonne, 1831) cultivated in Mexico
Taura Syndrome	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Taura Syndrome	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Recent developments and an overview of Taura Syndrome of farmed shrimp in the Americas. Taura syndrome in Penaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda): gross signs, histopathology and ultrastructure. Taura syndrome in Penaeus vannamei: demonstration of a viral etiology.
Taura Syndrome	Experimental demonstration	Taura syndrome virus lesion development and the disease cycle in the pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	DNA fragment of Penaeus monodon baculovirus PmNOBII gives positive in situ hybridization with viral infections in 6 penaeid shrimp species.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Experimental demonstration	Experimental infection of Western Hemisphere penaeid shrimp with Asian white spot syndrome virus and Asian yellow head virus. Genetic variation of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931) culture of Thailand
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Vector	History, impact, and status of infectious diseases of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Bonne, 1831) cultivated in Mexico
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	Incidence of simultaneous infection of infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in Litopenaeus vannamei
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Experimental demonstration	Infection of white-spot baculovirus-like virus (WSBV) in two species of penaeid shrimp Penaeus stylirostris (Stimpson) and P. vannamei (Boone).
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Experimental demonstration	Per os challenge of Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae and Farfantepenaeus duorarum juveniles with six geographic isolates of white spot syndrome virus.
Yellowhead Disease	Natural occurrence	Current status of research on yellow-head virus and white-spot virus in Thailand.
Yellowhead Disease	Experimental demonstration	Experimental infection of Western Hemisphere penaeid shrimp with Asian white spot syndrome virus and Asian yellow head virus.
Yellowhead Disease	Unknown	Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India
Yellowhead Disease	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition).
Yellowhead Disease	Experimental demonstration	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Yellowhead Disease	Unknown	OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Belize	Necrotising hepatopancreatitis, Belize [Immediate notification, 01/03/2020] Necrotising hepatopancreatitis, Belize [Immediate notification, 18/12/2014] The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Brazil	A multi-season survey for infectious myonecrosis in farmed shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, in Pernambuco, Brazil. Genetic diversification of penaeid shrimp infectious myonecrosis virus between Indonesia and Brazil. Genomic evidence of homologous recombination in spring viremia of carp virus: a negatively single stranded RNA virus. Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, Brazil: Immediate notification. Infectious myonecrosis Infectious myonecrosis virus and white spot syndrome virus co-infection in Pacific whire shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farmed in Brazil. Infectious myonecrosis, Brazil: Immediate notification. Infectious myonecrosis: new disease in Pacific white shrimp Natural co-infection with infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) and infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in Litopenaeus vannamei in Brazil. The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes. White spot disease in Brazil. White spot disease in Brazil: Follow-up report No. 1.
Canada	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, Canada [Immediate notification 16/08/19 (Final report)]
China (Peoples Rep. of)	Evidence of existence of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus in penaeid shrimp cultured in China. OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Prevalence and geonomic analysis of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp farmed in Shanghi, China
Colombia	Characterization of a new strain of Taura syndrome virus (TSV) from Colombian shrimp farms and the implication in the selection of TSV resistant lines. The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Costa Rica	Detection of IHHNV in Litopenaeus vannamei farms in Costa Rica Prevalence of the principal infectious diseases in cultured white shrimp Penaeus vannamei in nicoya Gulf, Costa Rica The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Ecuador	OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
El Salvador	The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Guatemala	The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Honduras	The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
India	Classical runt deformity syndrome cases in farmed penaeus vannamei along the East coast of India Detection of viruses in the exotic shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 cultured in India Investigation on the infectious nature of Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS) of farmed Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in shrimp farms of India Prevalence of two economically significant viral pathogens WSSV and IHHNV in farming systems of the exotic shrimp species Penaeus vannamei (boone, 1931) in Southeast coast of India
Indonesia	Genetic diversification of penaeid shrimp infectious myonecrosis virus between Indonesia and Brazil. Genomic evidence of homologous recombination in spring viremia of carp virus: a negatively single stranded RNA virus. Infectious myonecrosis Novel infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) genotypes associated with disease outbreaks on Penaeus vannamei shrimp farms in Indonesia OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Outbreaks of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in Indonesia confirmed by genome sequencing and use of an alternative RT-PCR detection method Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2006 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2007 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2010 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2006 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2010 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2012 (Asian and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2007(Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2008 (Asia and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2012 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2013 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2007 (Asia and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2012 (Asia and Pacific Region)
Iran	Detection and identification of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) of Litopenaus vannamei from Bushehr and Sistan and Baloochestan provinces, Iran, during 2009-2010. Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2007(Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2013 (Asia and Pacific Region).
Japan	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Japan [Immediate notification 04/03/21] Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Japan [Immediate notification 21/10/20]
Korea, Republic of	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Korea (Rep. of) [Immediate notification 11/02/21] Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Korea (Rep. of) [Immediate notification 11/08/21] Detection of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp culture in South Korea. Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2013 (Asia and Pacific Region). Taura syndrome virus from Penaeus vannamei shrimp cultured in Korea.
Malaysia	Infectious myonecrosis, Malaysia [Immediate notification 14/09/18 (Final report)] OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2013 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region)
Mexico	History, impact, and status of infectious diseases of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Bonne, 1831) cultivated in Mexico Prevalence of diseases in cultured Litopenaeus vannamei in eight regions of Latin America. Prevalence of the infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus in shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) broodstock in northwestern Mexico. The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Nicaragua	The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Peru	The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes.
Philippines	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2007 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2007 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2012 (Asian and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Taipei China	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, Chinese Taipei [Immediate notification 05/03/19] OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2010 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2009 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2012 (Asian and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2006 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region) Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region)
Taiwan	Epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of Taura syndrome virus in cultured Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei B. in Taiwan. Outbreaks of Taura syndrome in Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei cultured in Taiwan.
Thailand	Genetic variation of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931) culture of Thailand OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Virulence of a chimeric recombinant infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus expressing the spring viraemia of carp virus glycoprotein in salmonid and cyprinid fish
United Kingdom	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United Kingdom [Immediate notification 04/12/20 (final report)] Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United Kingdom [Immediate notification 20/08/19]
United States of America	Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, United States of America [Immediate notification 23/08/17] First report of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) occurring in the USA Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United States of America [Immediate notification 13/06/19] Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, United States of America [Immediate notification 20/11/19] OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Taura syndrome in the United States of America (2004) The geographic distribution of Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) in the Americas: determination by histopathology and in situe hybridization using TSV-specific cDNA probes. White spot disease, United States of America White spot disease, United States of America: Immediate notification, 29/05/2012
Venezuela	Prevalence of diseases in cultured Litopenaeus vannamei in eight regions of Latin America.
Vietnam	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2009 (Asian and Pacific Region)

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