Pathology, isolation, and preliminary molecular characterization of a novel iridovirus from tiger salamanders in Saskatchewan

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-429

  Bollinger, Trent K ^a   Mao, Jinghe ^b   Schock, Danna ^c   Brigham, R Mark ^c   Chinchar, V Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli; Iridovirus; Molecular characterization; Pathology; Ranavirus; Tiger salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM DIABOLI; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; FROG VIRUS 3; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RANAVIRUS; REGINA RANAVIRUS;

FRESH WATER; VIRUS DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INCLUSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAPSID; CELL LINE; CYPRINIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FRESH WATER; GASTRIC MUCOSA; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; IRIDOVIRUS; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SASKATCHEWAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; VIREMIA;

EID: 0033158443     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.413     Document Type: Article

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