Deadly Fish Virus Finally Identified

Redbelly Tilapia on the menu in Tiberius  (Photo: Wikipedia)
Redbelly Tilapia on the menu in Tiberius
(Photo: Wikipedia)

A mysterious virus that has decimated tilapia fish stocks in Ecuador and Israel has finally been identified by an international team of scientists. The virus, dubbed tilapia lake virus, was long suspected to be behind mass die offs of valuable farmed tilapia in Ecuador and Israel since 2009. In a paper published in the journal mBio…