. In total, 7325 (45.4%) and 6527 (45.5%) unigenes map to biological processes, 5672 (35.2%) and 5108 (35.6%) unigenes map to cellular components, and 3129 (19.4%) and 2725 (20.0%) unigenes map to molecular functions in the WSSV-infected and uninfected shrimp, respectively (Figure 2)