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 …

Pathogen-induced population declines and extinction events have been recognized as main
threats to amphibian species around the globe. However, the ecological drivers underlying …

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 …

Protected areas like national parks are essential elements of conservation because they
limit human influence on the landscape, which protects biodiversity and ecosystem function …

Ranaviruses have caused die-offs of amphibians across the globe. In North America, these
pathogens cause more amphibian mortality events than any other pathogen. Field …

Ranaviruses are causing mass amphibian die-offs in North America, Europe and Asia, and
have been implicated in the decline of common frog (Rana temporaria) populations in the …

A multispecies amphibian larval mortality event, primarily affecting American bullfrogs
Lithobates catesbeianus, was investigated during April 2011 at the Mike Roess Gold Head …

Amphibian declines and extinction have been attributed to many causes, including disease
such as chytridiomycosis. Other pathogens may also contribute to declines, with ranavirus …

Because host species tend to harbor multiple parasitic species, coinfection in a host is
common. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and the viruses in the …