UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN PREVALENCE OF Penaeus vannamei SOLINVIVIRUS IN PUBLIC TRANSCRIPTOMIC RESOURCES

The Penaeus vannamei solinvivirus (PvSV) has recently emerged as a virus of growing concern in shrimp aquaculture, often detected in association with mortality events involving other viral pathogens. Although its role as a primary etiological agent remains unresolved, surveillance studies across Latin America have reported remarkably high prevalence rates, ranging from 75% to 100%. Given this widespread occurrence, we hypothesized that PvSV sequences would also be detectable in publicly available transcriptomic resources.