Viruses infecting reptiles

Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2087-2126

  Marschang, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Herpesvirus; Iridovirus; Paramyxovirus; Reptile; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ALLIGATOR; BUNYAVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS; CIRCOVIRUS; DNA VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTIC NECROSIS VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; INVERTEBRATE; IRIDOVIRUS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; REOVIRUS; REPTILE; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; RHABDOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY; TOGAVIRUS; TORNOVIRUS; TURTLE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; REPTILES; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUSES;

EID: 82155191815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v3112087     Document Type: Review

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