Atrazine increases ranavirus susceptibility in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2325-2332

  Forson, Diane Denise ^a   Storfer, Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Ambystoma tigrinum virus; Amphibian decline; Atrazine; Immune suppression; Iridovirus; Ranavirus; Sodium nitrate; Tiger salamander

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; SODIUM NITRATE; VIRUS DNA;

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRIDOVIRUS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METAMORPHOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HERBICIDES; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; RANAVIRUS; VIRAL LOAD;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM VIRUS; AMPHIBIA; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33845510742     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2325:AIRSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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