did not react to 2 other parasitic pathogens, an
amoeba and the cotton shrimp disease microsporidium, nor to genomic DNA of various crustaceans
including polychaetes, squids, crabs and krill. EHP was detected, through PCR, in hepatopancreatic tissue,
feces and water sampled from infected shrimp tanks, and in some samples of Artemia biomass