Cel Salmon pancreas disease (SPD) and sleeping disease (SD) are emerging diseases of farmed salmon fish, that are caused by closely related, recently characterised alpha viruses. Due to the lack of diagnostics, the prevalences of these diseases are unknown but each is thought to be greatly under diagnosed. The primary aim of this project is to develop sensitive, specific, and easy-to-use diagnostic tests for SPD and SD. The project exploits recently acquired knowledge concerning the molecular characterisation of the viruses, to enable the production of improved reagents with which tests for detecting viral antigens and RNA in tissue samples, and virus-specific antibodies in fish sera, can be developed. Sensitive immunohistochemical and in site hybridisation methods will be used to improve the understanding of the pathogeneses of these diseases. Epidemiological aspects will also be studied by investigating the prevalence of infection using serological surveys of salmon and marine fish, by investigating the genetic diversity of virus isolates detected byre -PCR, and by investigating possible sources of infection. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsRNA Program(-y) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Temat(-y) 1.1.1.-2. - Key action Control of Infectious Diseases Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Stoney Road , Stormont BT4 3SD BELFAST Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko AGENCE FRANCAISE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DES ALIMENTS Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Technopole Brest-Iroise 29280 PLOUZANE Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Domaine de Vilvert 78352 JOUY-EN-JOSAS Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych INTERVET NORBIO AS Norwegia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Thormoehlensgate 55 5008 BERGEN Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE Norwegia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Ullevaalsveien 72 0033 OSLO Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych