Pathogen Risk Analysis for Wild Amphibian Populations Following the First Report of a Ranavirus Outbreak in Farmed American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) from Northern Mexico

Pathogen Risk Analysis for Wild Amphibian Populations Following the First Report of a Ranavirus Outbreak in Farmed American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) from Northern Mexico

Ranaviruses are the second deadliest pathogens for amphibian populations throughout the world. Despite their wide distribution in America, these viruses have never been reported in Mexico, the country with the fifth highest amphibian diversity in the world. This paper is the first to address an outb...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Saucedo, José M. Serrano, Mónica Jacinto-Maldonado, Rob S. E. W. Leuven, Abraham A. Rocha García, Adriana Méndez Bernal, Andrea Gröne, Steven J. van Beurden, César M. Escobedo-Bonilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
amphibians
histopathology
immunohistochemistry
Mexico
outbreak
ranavirus
risk assessment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/1/26

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