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17274859

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
During investigations of epidemic frog mortality in Britain, a novel fatal systemic haemorrhagic disease of common toads was discovered. This disease resembles a systemic haemorrhagic disease of common frogs in Britain, which is one of a range of fatal disease syndromes, characterized by systemic haemorrhages, skin ulceration or a combination of these lesions, caused by ranavirus infection. Ranavirus previously isolated from diseased toads was inoculated into common frogs to evaluate if this virus could infect and cause disease in common frogs. All virus-inoculated frogs died with systemic haemorrhages between 6 and 8 days post-inoculation, giving similar results to those produced by the inoculation of frogs with ranavirus cultured from naturally diseased frogs. These results indicate that the same, or similar, viruses are affecting both frogs and toads in the field and confirm that ranavirus has emerged as an important cause of amphibian mortality in Britain.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-2688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
135
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1213-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental transmission of a ranavirus disease of common toads (Bufo bufo) to common frogs (Rana temporaria).
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London, UK. a.cunningham@ioz.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't