US Patent Issued to Universiteit Gent on Oct. 14 for "Means to detect whether acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing vibrio parahaemolyticus is virulent or non-virulent" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,817, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium).

"Means to detect whether acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing vibrio parahaemolyticus is virulent or non-virulent" was invented by Peter Bossier (De Pinte, Belgium), Vikash Kumar (Ghent, Belgium) and Suvra Roy (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in shrimp is disclosed. More specifically, detection of the presence of alkaline phosphatase Phox enzyme, or, of the PiRAVP and/or the PirBVP toxins of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus correlates...