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: Rijks, Jolianne M., Saucedo, Bernardo, Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke, Wilkie, Gavin S., van Asten, Alphons J. A. M., van den Broek, Jan, Boonyarittichaikij, Roschong, Stege, Marisca, van der Sterren, Fleur, Martel, An, Pasmans, Frank, Hughes, Joseph, Gröne, Andrea, van Beurden, Steven J., Kik, Marja J. L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912076/