The first publication on possible disease transmission risks from shrimp commodities was that of . This review was a position paper that attempted to examine possible routes of disease transmission. The authors concluded that: “Mechanisms for transfer of exotic viruses such as WSSV, YHV, IHHNV and TSV in imported, frozen commodity shrimp from importer locations and distribution channels to shrimp aquaculture facilities or to wild crustaceans and shrimp may be common in the USA. Those mechanisms may include such practices as the following: