Replication of Boid Inclusion Body Disease-Associated Arenaviruses Is Temperature Sensitive in both Boid and Mammalian Cells [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2015 ABSTRACT Boid inclusion body disease (BIDB) is a fatal disease of boid snakes, the etiology of which has only recently been revealed following the identification of several novel arenaviruses in diseased snakes. BIBD-associated arenaviruses (BIBDAV) are genetically divergent from the classical Old and New World arenaviruses and ...
Jussi M Hepojoki +2 more
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Identification of Reptarenaviruses, Hartmaniviruses, and a Novel Chuvirus in Captive Native Brazilian Boa Constrictors with Boid Inclusion Body Disease [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2020 Boid inclusion body disease (BIBD), caused by reptarenavirus infection, affects captive snake populations worldwide, but the reservoir hosts of reptarenaviruses remain unknown. Here, we report the identification of novel reptarenaviruses, hartmaniviruses, and a chuvirus in captive Brazilian boas with BIBD.
Fernando F Argenta +2 more
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Arenavirus Coinfections Are Common in Snakes with Boid Inclusion Body Disease [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2015 ABSTRACT Recently, novel arenaviruses were found in snakes with boid inclusion body disease (BIBD); these form the new genus Reptarenavirus within the family Arenaviridae . We used next-generation sequencing and de novo sequence assembly to investigate ...
Jussi M Hepojoki, Udo Hetzel, Anja Kipar
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Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Novel Arenaviruses, the Etiological Agents of Boid Inclusion Body Disease [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2013 ABSTRACT Boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) is a progressive, usually fatal disease of constrictor snakes, characterized by cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (IB) in a wide range of cell types. To identify the causative agent of the disease, we established cell cultures from BIBD-positive and -negative boa constrictors.
Udo Hetzel, Pasi Laurinmaki, Anja Kipar
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Molecular characterization of a reptarenavirus detected in a Colombian Red-Tailed Boa (Boa constrictor imperator) [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2023 The global decline in biodiversity is a matter of great concern for members of the class Reptilia. Reptarenaviruses infect snakes, and have been linked to various clinical conditions, such as Boid Inclusion Body Disease (BIBD) in snakes belonging to the ...
Mohamed A. Abouelkhair +2 more
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A subpopulation of arenavirus nucleoprotein localizes to mitochondria [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Viruses need cells for their replication and, therefore, ways to hijack cellular functions. Mitochondria play fundamental roles within the cell in metabolism, immunity and regulation of homeostasis due to which some viruses aim to alter mitochondrial ...
Francesca Baggio +4 more
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Virtopsy of a gravid Boa constrictor using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal Science, 2020 : This article presents radiologic examinations of a deeply sedated Boa constrictor with boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) as an adjunction to the subsequent necropsy. This method is known as virtopsy. The Boa constrictor in the present case was gravid.
Dominic Gascho +5 more
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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Concussion syndrome is a common disease in neurosurgery, and its incidence ranks first among all traumatic brain injuries. Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most common functional impairments in concussion syndrome. Neuroimaging and content assessments on concussion patients and healthy control subjects are used in this study, which uses MRI ...
Peng Fang +4 more
wiley +2 more sources
Inclusion Body Disease, A Worldwide Infectious Disease of Boid Snakes: A Review
Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 2010 Abstract A disease called inclusion body disease (IBD) is seen worldwide in snakes that are members of the families Boidae and Pythonidae. Snakes affected by this disease often have neurological signs. A diagnosis is based on light microscopic examination of tissues for the presence of intracytoplasmic inclusions that consist of a unique protein ...
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA ( host institution ) +2 more
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Generation of Anti-Boa Immunoglobulin Antibodies for Serodiagnostic Applications, and Their Use to Detect Anti-Reptarenavirus Antibodies in Boa Constrictor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Immunoglobulins (Igs), the key effectors of the adaptive immune system, mediate the specific recognition of foreign structures, i.e. antigens. In mammals, IgM production commonly precedes the production of IgG in the response to an infection.
Yegor Korzyukov +4 more
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