Ecology of Viruses Infecting Ectothermic Vertebrates-The Impact of Ranavirus Infections on Amphibians

Studies in Viral Ecology: Animal Host Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-259

  Chinchar, V Gregory ^a   Robert, Jacques ^b   Storfer, Andrew T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors, cofactors in ranavirus emergence environmental contaminants, and global amphibian declines; Roles of innate and acquired immunity determining outcome of ranavirus infection; Virus ecology, infecting ectothermic vertebrates ranavirus infections on amphibians

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054983217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118025710.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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