Systemic iridovirus from threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus represents a new megalocytivirus species (family Iridoviridae)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-56

  Waltzek, Thomas B ^a,f   Marty, Gary D ^b   Alfaro, Michael E ^c   Bennett, William R ^d   Garver, Kyle A ^d   Haulena, Martin ^e   Weber III, E Scott ^a   Hedrick, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iridovirus; Megalocytivirus; Phylogeny; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARICULTURE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SYMPATRY; TELEOST; VIRAL DISEASE;

GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; MEGALOCYTIVIRUS; MIRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEGMAMORPHA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; GENOTYPE; IRIDOVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84861145980     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02415     Document Type: Article

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