Ranavirus in wild edible frogs Pelophylax kl. esculentus in Denmark

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Ariel, Ellen ^a,g   Kielgast, Jos ^b   Svart, Hans Erik ^c   Larsen, Knud ^d   Tapiovaara, Hannele ^e   Jensen, Britt Bang ^a,f   Holopainen, Riikka ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c National Forest and Nature Agency   (Denmark)

^d Council of Slagelse ^*  (Denmark)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Frogs; Pelophylax kl. esculentus; Rana kl. esculenta; Ranavirus; Survey

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FROG; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TESTING METHOD; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WILD POPULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; FROG; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAPSID PROTEINS; DENMARK; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SJAELLAND; SLAGELSE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; PELOPHYLAX; RANA ESCULENTA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 67651093803     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02060     Document Type: Article

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