The Molecular Biology of Frog Virus 3 and other Iridoviruses Infecting Cold-Blooded Vertebrates [PDF]
Frog virus 3 (FV3) is the best characterized member of the family Iridoviridae. FV3 study has provided insights into the replication of other family members, and has served as a model of viral transcription, genome replication, and virus-mediated host ...
Kwang H. Yu +2 more
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A broadly applicable method to characterize large DNA viruses and adenoviruses based on the DNA polymerase gene [PDF]
Background Many viral pathogens are poorly characterized, are difficult to culture or reagents are lacking for confirmatory diagnoses. We have developed and tested a robust assay for detecting and characterizing large DNA viruses and adenoviruses.
Montgomery Roy D +3 more
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Frog Virus 3 Genomes Reveal Prevalent Recombination between Ranavirus Lineages and Their Origins in Canada [PDF]
Joe-Felix Bienentreu +2 more
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Is Xenopus laevis introduction linked with Ranavirus incursion, persistence and spread in Chile? [PDF]
Ranaviruses have been associated with amphibian, fish and reptile mortality events worldwide and with amphibian population declines in parts of Europe. Xenopus laevis is a widespread invasive amphibian species in Chile.
Alexandra Peñafiel-Ricaurte +7 more
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Investigation of amphibian mortality events in wildlife reveals an on-going ranavirus epidemic in the North of the Netherlands [PDF]
In the four years following the first detection of ranavirus (genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) infection in Dutch wildlife in 2010, amphibian mortality events were investigated nationwide to detect, characterize and map ranaviruses in amphibians ...
Boonyarittichaikij, Roschong +14 more
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Molecular Confirmation of Ranavirus Infection in Amphibians From Chad, Africa
Ranaviruses are DNA viruses (Family Iridoviridae; Subfamily Alphairidovirinae) and ranaviral disease is considered an emerging infectious disease of ectothermic vertebrates. Ranavirus infection can have varying pathological effects on infected amphibians,
Erin K. Box +7 more
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Salt in the Wound: Assessing Pathogen Susceptibility in Amphibian Populations Across a Gradient of Salt Pollution. [PDF]
The survival function of nine larval wood frog populations and their viral loads when exposed to FV3. The populations were collected as eggs from a range of salt‐polluted ponds. Viral load data are means ±1 SE. The populations are ordered in terms of the saltiness of their natal ponds.
Relyea RA +8 more
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DNA methyltransferase induced by frog virus 3 [PDF]
Over 20% of the cytosine bases in frog virus 3 DNA are methylated at the 5-carbon position. To determine whether this high degree of methylation is the result of a virus-specific enzyme, we examined the kinetics of induction and the substrate specificity of a DNA methyltransferase from frog virus 3-infected fathead minnow cells.
D B, Willis, R, Goorha, A, Granoff
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Ranid Herpesvirus 3 Infection in Common Frog Rana temporaria Tadpoles
Ranid herpesvirus 3 (RaHV3) is a recently discovered virus associated with skin disease in frogs. We detected RaHV3 DNA in free-ranging common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles, consistent with premetamorphic infection.
Francesco C. Origgi, Annette Taugbøl
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Phylogenomic characterization of ranaviruses isolated from cultured fish and amphibians in Thailand
Ranaviruses are emerging pathogens associated with worldwide epizootics in farmed and wild ectothermic vertebrates. In this study, we determined the full genomes of eight ranaviruses isolated from marbled sleeper goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), goldfish ...
Preeyanan Sriwanayos +7 more
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