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Detection and prevalence of boid inclusion body disease in collections of boas and pythons using immunological assays

Veterinary Journal, 2016
Inclusion body disease (IBD) of boas and pythons is characterized by the intracytoplasmic accumulation of an antigenic 68 kDa viral protein IBDP, more recently known as the nucleoprotein (NP) of the reptarenaviruses. Blood samples of 131 captive boas and pythons (53 boa constrictors, Boa constrictor; 35 rainbow boas, Epicrates cenchria; 22 ball pythons,
L Chang, D Fu, Jorge A Hernández
exaly   +3 more sources

Cell culture co- and superinfection experiments suggest that transmission during captivity contributes to the presence of reptarenavirus S and L segment swarms in boid inclusion body disease-positive snakes

Journal of General Virology
Boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) caused by reptarenaviruses affects captive constrictor snake collections worldwide. The disease manifests by the formation of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in various tissues. Curiously, a snake with BIBD nearly always carries a swarm of reptarenavirus small and large segments rather than a single pair, and the ...
Leonora Szirovicza, Anja Kipar, Udo Hetzel   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Boid Inclusion Body Disease (BIBD) Is Also a Disease of Wild Boa Constrictors

2022
ABSTRACT Reptarenaviruses cause Boid Inclusion Body Disease (BIBD), a potentially fatal disease, occurring in captive constrictor snakes boas and pythons worldwide. Classical BIBD, characterized by the formation of pathognomonic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (IBs), occurs mainly in boas, whereas in pythons, for example, reptarenavirus ...
Alejandro Alfaro-Alarcón, Udo Hetzel, Teemu Smura, Francesca Baggio, Juan Alberto Morales, Anja Kipar, Jussi Hepojoki   +6 more
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Partial characterization of retroviruses from boid snakes with inclusion body disease

American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2001
Abstract Objective—To characterize retroviruses isolated from boid snakes with inclusion body disease (IBD). Animals—2 boa constrictors with IBD and 1 boa exposed to an affected snake. Procedure—Snakes were euthanatized, and tissue specimens and blood samples were submitted for virus isolation.
Jacobson, Elliott R., Orós, Jorge, Tucker, Sylvia J., Pollock, David P., Kelley, Karen L., Munn, Robert J., Lock, Brad A., Mergia, Ayalew, Yamamoto, Janet K.   +8 more
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Use of an ELISA to Survey Exposure of Wild Caught Boa Constrictors, Boa Constrictor, to Retroviruses Isolated from Boids with Inclusion Body Disease

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, 2005
ABSTRACT Fifty eight plasma samples, collected in the wild, from Brazilian boa constrictors, Boa constrictor, were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for exposure to a retrovirus isolate obtained from captive boa constrictors with inclusion body disease (IBD).
Brad A. Lock, Elliott R. Jacobson
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[Inclusion Body Disease (IBD of Boids)--a haematological, histological and electron microscopical study].

Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift, 2013
Our objective was to evaluate diagnostic tools for the detection of Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) in bold snakes. The aetiology of IBD is unknown, and the disease has non-specific clinical signs, hence there is a need for a clinically-applicable, specific diagnostic method.
Melanie, Keilwerth, Ilina, Bühler, Rudolf, Hoffmann, Hatem, Soliman, Mansour, El-Matbouli   +4 more
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Boid Inclusion Body Disease in Native Boa Constrictors in Brazil

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020
F.F. Argenta, D. Driemeier, M.E. Hammerschmitt, L. Szirovicza, A. Kipar, J. Hepojoki, U. Hetzel   +6 more
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Boid Inclusion Body Disease and Reptarenavirus Infection: A Diagnostic Challenge in Snake Colonies

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2022
T. Thiele, J. Hepojoki, F. Baggio, B. Prähauser, A. Kipar, U. Hetzel   +5 more
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Ante-mortem Diagnosis of Boid Inclusion Body Disease: A Role for Serology?

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020
K. Windbichler, E. Michalopoulou, P. Palamides, T. Pesch, C. Jelinek, O. Vapalahti, A. Kipar, U. Hetzel, J. Hepojoki   +8 more
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Boid Inclusion Body Disease (BIBD) in Indigenous Snakes in Costa Rica

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020
J.A. Morales, A. Alfaro, A. Kipar, J. Hepojoki, U. Hetzel   +4 more
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