One reference isolate named “China” that had previously been confirmed to cause AHPND by the laboratory assay ( Tran et al., 2013) was kindly provided by Robins McIntosh from Charoen Pokphand Co. Ltd.
This isolate was obtained from a shrimp pond exhibiting early mortality in Hainan Island, China in August 2010.
An additional reference isolate of V. parahaemolyticus originated from shrimp pond sediment in 2008 from Phang-Nga province, long before reports of AHPND and was obtained from the Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University.