Sea Food Virus May Be Linked to Dangerous Emerging Eye Disease, Study Warns
Islamabad (Qudrat Roznama) A new scientific study has found that a virus affecting shrimp and other seafood may be linked to a newly emerging eye disease in humans, which could potentially lead to permanent blindness.
Chinese researchers have associated the Covert Mortality Nodavirus (CMNV) with a condition known as Persistent Ocular Hypertension Viral Anterior Uveitis (POH-VAU), a serious inflammatory eye disorder.
According to the study, traces of the virus were detected in eye tissue samples of affected patients. Several of these patients also reported recent consumption of raw seafood or close contact with aquatic animals.
Scientists say that if this connection is fully confirmed, CMNV could become the first known virus transmitted from aquatic life to humans that causes eye disease, raising concerns about a potentially serious future public health threat.
The researchers emphasized that their findings suggest a possible link between viruses found in aquatic species and emerging human diseases, highlighting the need for further investigation.
The study was published last month in the journal Nature Microbiology.
