Investigation of Amphibian Mortality Events in Wildlife Reveals an On-Going Ranavirus Epidemic in the North of the Netherlands.

Investigation of Amphibian Mortality Events in Wildlife Reveals an On-Going Ranavirus Epidemic in the North of the Netherlands.

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 over time, and to establish the affected host spe...

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Main Authors: Jolianne M Rijks, Bernardo Saucedo, Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Gavin S Wilkie, Alphons J A M van Asten, Jan van den Broek, Roschong Boonyarittichaikij, Marisca Stege, Fleur van der Sterren, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Joseph Hughes, Andrea Gröne, Steven J van Beurden, Marja J L Kik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157473

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