Paramyxovirus and reovirus infections in wild-caught Mexican lizards (Xenosaurus and Abronia spp.)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-321

  Marschang, Rachel E ^a,e   Donahoe, Shannon ^b   Manvell, Ruth ^c   Lemos Espinal, Julio ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium   (United States)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abronia; Lizard; Paramyxovirus; Reovirus; Serology; Virus isolation; Xenosaurus

Indexed keywords

ABRONIA GRAMINEA; ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; ORTHOREOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PLATYCEPS; REOVIRUS SP.; REPTILIA; REPTILIAN REOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; XENOSAURUS; XENOSAURUS GRANDIS; XENOSAURUS PLATYCEPS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLOACA; IMMUNOLOGY; LIZARD; MEXICO; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHARYNX; REOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CLOACA; LIZARDS; MEXICO; PHARYNX; REOVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIROVIRUS; RESPIROVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0037968613     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0317:PARIIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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