Ecopathology of ranaviruses infecting amphibians

Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2351-2373

  Miller, Debra ^a,b   Gray, Matthew ^a   Storfer, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Anthropogenic stressors; Emerging pathogen; Histopathology; Iridoviridae; Pathogen pollution; Ranavirus; Subclinical infection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BLEEDING; CATTLE; CELL TYPE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; GRAZING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRIDOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WATER QUALITY; WILD TYPE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RANAVIRUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 82155166788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v3112351     Document Type: Review

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