Amphibian skin is a mucosal surface in direct and continuous contact with a microbially
diverse and laden aquatic and/or terrestrial environment. As such, frog skin is an important …

Ranaviruses are capable of infecting amphibians from at least 14 families and over 70
individual species. Ranaviruses infect multiple cell types, often culminating in organ …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

This practical manual of amphibian ecology and conservation brings together a
distinguished, international group of amphibian researchers to provide a state-of-the-art …

Members of the family Iridoviridae infect a diverse array of invertebrate and cold-blooded
vertebrate hosts and are currently viewed as emerging pathogens of fish and amphibians …

Research that identifies the potential host range of generalist pathogens as well as variation
in host susceptibility is critical for understanding and predicting the dynamics of infectious …

Ranaviruses were thought to have little impact on populations of fish and amphibians for
decades after their serendipitous discovery in primary kidney cell cultures of northern …

Transmission is an essential process that contributes to the survival of pathogens.
Ranaviruses are known to infect different classes of lower vertebrates including amphibians …

From February to May 2010, an outbreak of disease occurred amongst farmed Chinese
giant salamanders (Andrias davidianus) in Hanzhong County, Shanxi Province, China …

Members of the genus Ranavirus (family Iridoviridae) have been recognized as major viral
pathogens of cold-blooded vertebrates. Ranaviruses have been associated with …