Ranaviruses and reptiles

PeerJ

article

Wytamma Wirth¹  Lin Schwarzkopf²  Lee F. Skerratt³  Ellen Ariel¹ 

[1]College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University of North Queensland

[2]College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University of North Queensland

[3]Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne

关键词: Ranavirus;    Reptiles;    Taxonomy;    Bibliometrics;    Diagnostics;    Pathology;    Transmission;    Reservoirs;    Susceptibility;    Immunology;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.6083

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Ranaviruses can infect many vertebrate classes including fish, amphibians and reptiles, but for the most part, research has been focused on non-reptilian hosts, amphibians in particular. More recently, reports of ranaviral infections of reptiles are increasing with over 12 families of reptiles currently susceptible to ranaviral infection. Reptiles are infected by ranaviruses that are genetically similar to, or the same as, the viruses that infect amphibians and fish; however, physiological and ecological differences result in differences in study designs. Although ranaviral disease in reptiles is often influenced by host species, viral strain and environmental differences, general trends in pathogenesis are emerging. More experimental studies using a variety of reptile species, life stages and routes of transmission are required to unravel the complexity of wild ranavirus transmission. Further, our understanding of the reptilian immune response to ranaviral infection is still lacking, although the considerable amount of work conducted in amphibians will serve as a useful guide for future studies in reptiles.

【 授权许可】

CC BY