Persistent Reptarenavirus and Hartmanivirus Infection in Cultured Boid Cells [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Mammarenaviruses establish a persistent infection in their rodent and bat hosts, and the evidence suggests that reptarenaviruses and hartmaniviruses found in captive snakes act similarly.
Annika Lintala +4 more
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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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Differences in Tissue and Species Tropism of Reptarenavirus Species Studied by Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotypes [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 Reptarenaviruses cause Boid Inclusion Body Disease (BIBD), and co-infections by several reptarenaviruses are common in affected snakes. Reptarenaviruses have only been found in captive snakes, and their reservoir hosts remain unknown. In affected animals,
Yegor Korzyukov +10 more
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Characterization of Haartman Institute snake virus-1 (HISV-1) and HISV-like viruses-The representatives of genus Hartmanivirus, family Arenaviridae. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2018 The family Arenaviridae comprises three genera, Mammarenavirus, Reptarenavirus and the most recently added Hartmanivirus. Arenaviruses have a bisegmented genome with ambisense coding strategy.
Jussi Hepojoki +10 more
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Co-infecting Reptarenaviruses Can Be Vertically Transmitted in Boa Constrictor. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2017 Boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) is an often fatal disease affecting mainly constrictor snakes. BIBD has been associated with infection, and more recently with coinfection, by various reptarenavirus species (family Arenaviridae). Thus far BIBD has only
Saskia Keller +6 more
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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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“Boid inclusion body disease”: het enigma ontrafeld?
Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 2019 “Boid inclusion body disease” (BIBD) is een wereldwijd voorkomende aandoening bij boa’s en pythons. De exacte oorzaak van de aandoening bleef gedurende lange tijd onopgehelderd. Recent werd met behulp van hedendaagse diagnostische methoden en experimentele studies overtuigend bewijs geleverd dat reptarenavirussen het oorzakelijk agens zijn van BIBD. In
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