Long-term study of an infection with ranaviruses in a group of edible frogs (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) and partial characterization of two viruses based on four genomic regions

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Stöhr, Anke C ^a   Hoffmann, Alexandra ^b   Papp, Tibor ^a,c   Robert, Nadia ^d   Pruvost, Nicolas B M ^b   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^b   Marschang, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Veterinary Medical Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Science   (Hungary)

^d Institute of Animal Breeding   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Edible frog; Pelophylax kl. esculentus; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMERASE GENE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; IRIDOVIRUS; MAJOR CAPSID PROTEIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANA ESCULENTA; RANAVIRUS INFECTION; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE ALPHA SUBUNIT GENE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE BETA SUBUNIT GENE; SKIN REDNESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EDIBLE FROG; PELOPHYLAX KL. ESCULENTUS; RANAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MIRIDAE; PELOPHYLAX; RANA ESCULENTA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84881666803     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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