Development and use of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of iridovirus exposure in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Johnson, April J ^a   Wendland, Lori ^a   Norton, Terry M ^b,c   Belzer, Bill ^d   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b St Catherines Island Foundation   (United States)

^c Georgia Sea Turtle Center   (United States)

^d Box Turtle Conservation Trust ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Iridovirus; Ranavirus; Reptile; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; IRIDOVIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IRIDOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; GEOCHELONE PLATYNOTA; GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 77952092087     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.09.059     Document Type: Article

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