What dangerous disease can viruses in seafood cause?

 What dangerous disease can viruses in seafood cause?

A virus that infects shrimp and other seafood can now cause a new emerging eye disease in humans, a disease that can lead to permanent blindness, according to the latest research.

Chinese scientists have linked Covert Mortality Noda Virus (CMNV) to a specific disease called Persistent Ocular Hypertension Viral Anterior Uveitis (POH-VAU).

They found evidence of the virus in eye tissue from people with the disease, many of whom had recently confirmed contact with raw seafood or aquatic animals.

If the link is fully proven, CMNV would be the first virus to be transmitted from aquatic life to humans and cause eye disease, and experts say it could become a serious health problem in the future.