First report of Ranavirus infecting lungless salamanders

Herpetological Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-319

  Gray, Matthew J ^a   Miller, Debral ^a,b   Hoverman, Jason T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDOVIRUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 73449119862     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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