For pet's sake: Discovering a naturally occurring zebrafish virus

PLoS Biol. 2024 Jun 10;22(6):e3002643. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002643. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Zebrafish are often used to model host-pathogen interactions, but few models of natural virus infection have been established. A new study in PLOS Biology shows that metatranscriptomics and cohousing experiments can uncover a natural pathogenic virus of zebrafish for laboratory study.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fish Diseases / virology
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Viruses / genetics
  • Zebrafish* / virology