Ranavirus in wild edible frogs Pelophylax kl. esculentus in Denmark

A survey for the amphibian pathogens ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was conducted in Denmark during August and September 2008. The public was encouraged via the media to register unusual mortalities in a web-based survey. All members of the public that registered cases were interv...

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Published in:Diseases of aquatic organisms 2009-05, Vol.85 (1), p.7-14
Main Authors: ARIEL, Ellen, KIELGAST, Jos, SVART, Hans Erik, LARSEN, Knud, TAPIOVAARA, Hannele, JENSEN, Britt Bang, HOLOPAINEN, Riikka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Animals, Wild
Anura
Applied ecology
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Biological and medical sciences
Capsid Proteins - chemistry
Capsid Proteins - genetics
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Denmark - epidemiology
DNA Virus Infections - epidemiology
DNA Virus Infections - mortality
DNA Virus Infections - veterinary
DNA Virus Infections - virology
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking
Pelophylax
Ranavirus
Ranavirus - physiology
Ranidae - virology
Replicative cycle, interference, host-virus relations, pathogenicity, miscellaneous strains
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Virology
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Summary:A survey for the amphibian pathogens ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was conducted in Denmark during August and September 2008. The public was encouraged via the media to register unusual mortalities in a web-based survey. All members of the public that registered cases were interviewed by phone and 10 cases were examined on suspicion of disease-induced mortality. All samples were negative for Bd. Ranavirus was isolated from 2 samples of recently dead frogs collected during a mass mortality event in an artificial pond near Slagelse, Denmark. The identity of the virus was confirmed by immunofluorescent antibody test. Sequencing of the major capsid protein gene showed the isolate had more than 97.3% nucleotide homology to 6 other ranaviruses.
ISSN:0177-5103
1616-1580
DOI:10.3354/dao02060