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XENOPUS LAEVIS: A POSSIBLE VECTOR OF RANAVIRUS INFECTION?
1 Oct 2007
Abstract excerpt
Frog virus 3 (FV3) or FV3-like viruses (Iridoviridae) infect a wide range of amphibian species, and they are becoming increasingly and causally associated with amphibian disease outbreaks worldwide. We have established the frog Xenopus laevis as an experimental model to study host defense and pathogenesis of FV3 infection. Although X. laevis adults usually clear FV3 infection within a few weeks, viral DNA has...
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