Spatial and temporal patterns of Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) prevalence in tiger salamanders Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Greer, Amy L ^a,c   Brunner, Jesse L ^a,b   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum; Ambystoma tigrinum virus; Amphibian; ATV; Disease prevalence; Population dynamics; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MASS MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PLATEAU; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; IRIDOVIRUS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; LARVA; PREVALENCE; RANAVIRUS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 67651115511     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02061     Document Type: Article

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