Ranaviruses are emerging pathogens of poikilothermic vertebrates. In 2015 the Global
Ranavirus Reporting System (GRRS) was established as a centralized, open access, online …

Ranaviruses were detected and diagnosed as a disease agent in amphibians in the 1960s,
and in reptiles and fish in the 1980s (Duffus et al. 2015). Since these initial cases …

Ranaviral infections, a malady of ectothermic vertebrates, are becoming frequent, severe,
and widespread, causing mortality among both wild and cultured species, raising odds of …

Ranaviruses have been linked to amphibian die-off events in ectothermic vertebrates
worldwide. Differences in susceptibility and capacity of transmission among and within …

Ranaviruses are pathogens of ectothermic vertebrates, including amphibians. We reviewed
patterns of host range and virulence of ranaviruses in the context of virus genotype and …

Introduction Ranavirus disease, caused by viruses within the genus Ranavirus (Iridoviridae),
is considered a globally emerging infectious disease linked to mass mortality events in both …

Ranaviruses were thought to have little impact on populations of fish and amphibians for
decades after their serendipitous discovery in primary kidney cell cultures of northern …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

Emerging infectious diseases are a significant threat to global biodiversity. While historically
overlooked, a group of iridoviruses in the genus Ranavirus has been responsible for die-offs …

Several infectious diseases are threatening amphibian species worldwide and have
resulted in massmortality events across the globe. An emerging group of viral pathogens …