“Ranaviruses: an emerging threat to ectothermic vertebrates” report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses, Minneapolis MN July 8, 2011

V. Gregory Chinchar; Jacques Robert

doi:10.1016/j.dci.2011.08.008

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“Ranaviruses: an emerging threat to ectothermic vertebrates” report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses, Minneapolis MN July 8, 2011

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Authors:

V. Gregory Chinchar, Jacques Robert

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2011.08.008

Source:

Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 36: 259-261

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Abstract

This is a report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses held on July 8, 2011 in conjunction with the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The emerging threat of ranavirus infectious diseases to the global biodiversity of ectothermic vertebrates was addressed by 23 scientists from nine countries with expertise in ecology, pathology, virology, veterinary medicine and immunology.

Keywords

Iridoviridae, emerging infectious diseases, viral immunity, virus

Citation

Robert, Jacques; Chinchar, V. Gregory. 2012. “Ranaviruses: an emerging threat to ectothermic vertebrates” report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses, Minneapolis MN July 8, 2011. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 36: 259-261.