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Ranavirus phylogenomics: Signatures of recombination and inversions among bullfrog ranaculture isolates.
Virology - 1 Nov 2017
Claytor Sieara C, Subramaniam Kuttichantran, Landrau-Giovannetti Nelmarie, Chinchar V Gregory, Gray Matthew J, Miller Debra L, Mavian Carla, Salemi Marco, Wisely Samantha, Waltzek Thomas B
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Ranaviruses are emerging pathogens of fish, amphibians, and reptiles that threaten aquatic animal industries and wildlife worldwide. Our objective was to genetically characterize ranaviruses isolated during separate bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus die-offs that occurred eight years apart on the same North American farm. The earlier outbreak was due to a highly pathogenic strain of common midwife toad virus...
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