[HTML][HTML] Ranaviruses and other members of the family Iridoviridae: Their place in the virosphere

VG Chinchar, TB Waltzek, K Subramaniam - Virology, 2017 - Elsevier
Members of the family Iridoviridae, collectively referred to as iridovirids, are large, double-
stranded DNA-containing viruses that infect invertebrates and cold-blooded (ectothermic) …

[HTML][HTML] Recent insights into aquatic viruses: Emerging and reemerging pathogens, molecular features, biological effects, and novel investigative approaches

QY Zhang, F Ke, L Gui, Z Zhao - Water Biology and Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquatic viruses are naturally present in the aquatic environment and the number of viruses
is staggering. Various multicellular organisms in aquatic ecosystems may be infected, cross …

Empirical evidence for effects of invasive A merican B ullfrogs on occurrence of native amphibians and emerging pathogens

BR Hossack, EB Oja, AK Owens, D Hall… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species and emerging infectious diseases are two of the greatest threats to
biodiversity. American Bullfrogs (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana), which have been …

Ranavirus infection dynamics and shedding in American bullfrogs: consequences for spread and detection in trade

JL Brunner, AD Olson, JG Rice, SE Meiners… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2019 - int-res.com
American bullfrogs Lithobates catesbeianus are thought to be important in the global spread
of ranaviruses—often lethal viruses of cold-blooded vertebrates—because they are …

Amphibian disease ecology: are we just scratching the surface?

JF Bienentreu, D Lesbarrères - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Pathogen-induced population declines and extinction events have been recognized as main
threats to amphibian species around the globe. However, the ecological drivers underlying …

Predominant prevalence of Ranavirus in southern Brazil, a region with widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid

J Ruggeri, MR Pontes, LP Ribeiro… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases are a major cause of amphibian declines worldwide. Two of
these diseases are amphibian chytridiomycosis caused by the chytrid fungus …

Global patterns of ranavirus detections

JL Brunner, DH Olson, MJ Gray, DL Miller, ALJ Duffus - Facets, 2021 - facetsjournal.com
Ranaviruses are emerging pathogens of poikilothermic vertebrates. In 2015 the Global
Ranavirus Reporting System (GRRS) was established as a centralized, open access, online …

Invertebrate iridoviruses: a glance over the last decade

İA İnce, O Özcan, AZ Ilter-Akulke, ED Scully, A Özgen - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Members of the family Iridoviridae (iridovirids) are large dsDNA viruses that infect both
invertebrate and vertebrate ectotherms and whose symptoms range in severity from minor …

Emerging infectious disease threats to European herpetofauna

SJR Allain, ALJ Duffus - The Herpetological Journal, 2019 - kar.kent.ac.uk
In the past decade, infectious disease threats to European herpetofauna have become
better understood. Since the 1990s, three major emerging infections in amphibians have …

Genome Characteristics of Two Ranavirus Isolates from Mandarin Fish and Largemouth Bass

XD Yu, F Ke, QY Zhang, JF Gui - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ranaviruses are promiscuous pathogens that threaten lower vertebrates globally. In the
present study, two ranaviruses (SCRaV and MSRaV) were isolated from two fishes of the …