
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) Update
EHP is caused by a spore forming microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei. The spores are how it infects. When the spore is ingested, directly by consuming infected tissues or feces or indirectly through the water, it germinates by infecting specific types of cells in the hepatopancreas and intestinal tract. It uses the metabolic machinery of the cell to make more spores until the infected cell ruptures, killing it and releasing many more spores to spread throughout t