However, disease outbreaks have caused massive mortality and a great loss to the shrimp cultivation industry, and
particularly from the outbreaks caused by the major shrimp pathogens of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), yellow head virus (YHV), infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV), and bacteria in the genus Vibrio.
Understanding the innate immune responses of shrimps against invading microbes provides essential information
for the establishment of effective methods to control these and, potentially, those of related emerging infectious diseases.