Mass mortality of amphibians has occurred globally since at least the early 1990s from viral
pathogens that are members of the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae. The pathogen …

Ranaviruses are capable of infecting amphibians from at least 14 families and over 70
individual species. Ranaviruses infect multiple cell types, often culminating in organ …

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 …

The emergence of infectious diseases with a broad host range can have a dramatic impact
on entire communities and has become one of the main threats to biodiversity [1–4]. Here …

Viruses in three genera of the family Iridoviridae (iridoviruses) affect finfish. Ranaviruses and
megalocytiviruses are recently emerged pathogens. Both cause severe systemic disease …

Transmission is an essential process that contributes to the survival of pathogens.
Ranaviruses are known to infect different classes of lower vertebrates including amphibians …

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 …

Ranaviruses are emerging pathogens of fish, amphibians, and reptiles that threaten aquatic
animal industries and wildlife worldwide. Our objective was to genetically characterize …

Ranaviruses in amphibians and fish are considered emerging pathogens and several
isolates have been extensively characterized in different studies. Ranaviruses have also …

Emerging diseases have been increasingly associated with population declines, with co-
infections exhibiting many types of interactions. The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium …