Environmental persistence of amphibian and reptilian ranaviruses

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-184

  Nazir, J ^a,b   Spengler, M ^a   Marschang, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Persistence; Pond water; Ranaviruses; Soil

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; FROG; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERSISTENCE; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPTILE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FROG VIRUS 3; GEKKONIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA;

WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IRIDOVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; RANAVIRUS; REPTILES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 82155180721     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02443     Document Type: Article

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