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Title: “Ranaviruses: an emerging threat to ectothermic vertebrates” report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses, Minneapolis MN July 8, 2011

Author: Robert, Jacques; Chinchar, V. Gregory.

Date: 2012

Source: Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 36: 259-261

Description: This is a report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses held on July 8, 2011 in conjunction with the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The emerging threat of ranavirus infectious diseases to the global biodiversity of ectothermic vertebrates was addressed by 23 scientists from nine countries with expertise in ecology, pathology, virology, veterinary medicine and immunology.

Keywords: Iridoviridae, emerging infectious diseases, viral immunity, virus

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Robert, Jacques; Chinchar, V. Gregory.  2012.  “Ranaviruses: an emerging threat to ectothermic vertebrates” report of the First International Symposium on Ranaviruses, Minneapolis MN July 8, 2011.   Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 36: 259-261.