In addition to these reagents, Cowley et al. (2000b)
have published primer sequences that can be used for
detection of bothYHVand the relatedAustralian lymphoid
organ virus (LOV) (Spann et al., 1995) and gill associated
virus (GAV) (Spann et al., 1998). The primers were
designed froma 781 bpGAVcDNAclone to give a 618 bp
RT-PCR product and are: