Co-infection by alveolate parasites and frog virus 3-like ranavirus during an amphibian larval mortality event in Florida, USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-99

  Landsberg, Jan H ^a   Kiryu, Yasunari ^a   Tabuchi, Maki ^a   Waltzek, Thomas B ^b   Enge, Kevin M ^a   Reintjes Tolen, Sarah ^c   Preston, Asa ^d   Pessier, Allan P ^d  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Global Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Institute for Conservation Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolate parasite; Amphibian mortality; Bullfrog; Frog virus 3; Gopher frog; Ranavirus; Southern leopard frog; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

FROG; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LESION; MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN; SPORE; VIRUS;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; RANIDAE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FLORIDA; LARVA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE;

CLAY COUNTY [FLORIDA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIKE ROESS GOLD HEAD BRANCH STATE PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883723711     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02625     Document Type: Article

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