Ranavirus infection in a group of wild-caught Lake Urmia newts Neurergus crocatus imported from Iraq into Germany

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Stöhr, Anke C ^a   Fleck, Jürgen ^b   Mutschmann, Frank ^c   Marschang, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b not available   (Germany)

^c Exomed Institut Für Veterinärmedizinische Betreuung Niederer Wirbeltiere und Exoten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Frog virus 3; Iridovirus; Major capsid protein; MCP; Middle East; Urodelan

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DNA; GENOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

GERMANY; IRAN; IRAQ; LAKE URMIA;

EID: 84876381200     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02556     Document Type: Article

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