Iridovirus infection in Chinese giant salamanders, China, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2388-2389

  Dong, Wuzi ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a   Yang, Changming ^b   An, Junhui ^a   Qin, Jinzhou ^a   Song, Fengfeng ^a   Zeng, Wenxian ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tiancheng Giant Salamander Bioengineering Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DEGENERATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ECCHYMOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHEMA; HYPEREMIA; IRIDOVIRUS; LETTER; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PETECHIA; SALAMANDER; ULCER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84930478285     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.101758     Document Type: Letter

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