Anuran susceptibilities to ranaviruses: Role of species identity, exposure route, and a novel virus isolate

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-107

  Hoverman, Jason T ^a   Gray, Matthew J ^a   Miller, Debra L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Emerging infectious disease; Frog virus 3; Iridoviridae; Novel strain; Pathogen pollution; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; PATHOGEN; RISK FACTOR; TOAD; VIRUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FROG VIRUS 3; GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS; HYLIDAE; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; RANA PALUSTRIS; RANAVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; LARVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AQUACULTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LARVA; RANAVIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77952313544     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02200     Document Type: Article

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