Isolation and characterisation of a novel Bohle-like virus from two frog species in the Darwin rural area, Australia

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Weir, R P ^a   Moody, N J G ^b   Hyatt, A D ^b   Crameri, S ^b   Voysey, R ^b   Pallister, J ^b   Jerrett, I V ^a  

^a Department of Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bohle virus; Iridovirus; Litoria spp; Mahaffey Road virus; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LESION; NEW RECORD; NUCLEIC ACID; RURAL AREA; SKIN; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANURA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; DISSECTION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANAVIRUS; SPLEEN; VIRUS DISEASES;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOHLE IRIDOVIRUS; HYLIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; LITORIA; LITORIA CAERULEA; LITORIA SPLENDIDA; MIRIDAE; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84866259851     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02472     Document Type: Article

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