Frog virus 3-like infections in aquatic amphibian communities

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-120

  Duffus, Amanda L J ^a,c   Pauli, B D ^b   Wozney, K ^a   Brunetti, C R ^a   Berrill, M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic amphibian communities; Frog virus 3 like infections; Transmission; Vectors

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FROG VIRUS 3; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDACRIS; RANA SYLVATICA; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA; VIRAL LOAD; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 42449113752     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.109     Document Type: Article

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