Isolation and characterization of iridoviruses from the giant toad Bufo marinus in Venezuela

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Zupanovic, Z ^a   Musso, C ^b   Lopez, G ^b   Louriero, C L ^b   Hyatt, A D ^a   Hengstberger, S ^a   Robinson, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bohle virus; Bufo marinus; Frog virus 3; Iridovirus; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

BOHLE IRIDOVIRUS; CELL LINE; CROSSREACTIVITY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON DENSE CORE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIZOOTIC HEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS VIRUS; INNER MEMBRANE; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; VENEZUELA; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANURA; BOHLE IRIDOVIRUS; BUFO MARINUS; EPIZOOTIC HAEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS VIRUS; FROG VIRUS 3; IRIDOVIRUS; LEPTODACTYLUS; MIRIDAE; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 0032516243     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao033001     Document Type: Article

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