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Adaptation of Ranaviruses from Peneda-Gerês National Park (Portugal) to Cell Cultures and their Characterization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A.P. Alves de Matos
Affiliation:
Dental Medical School, University of Lisbon 1649-003 Lisbon and Curry Cabral Hospital, 1069-166 Lisbon, Portugal
M.F. Caeiro
Affiliation:
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Plant Biology an Environmental Biology Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
R.E. Marschang
Affiliation:
Institut für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene, Hohenheim University, Garbenstr. 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
T. Papp
Affiliation:
Institut für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene, Hohenheim University, Garbenstr. 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
C. Soares
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centrao de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; 4485-661 Vairéo; Portugal
M.R. Marçal
Affiliation:
National Laboratory for Veterinary Investigation, Lisbon, Portugal
M.A. Carretero
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centrao de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; 4485-661 Vairéo; Portugal

Abstract

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Ranaviruses are known to produce iseases in fish, amphibians and reptiles, being involved in high mortality episodes in aquaculture farms and in the decline of amphibian populations worldwide. Mass mortality episodes were previously detected in Triturus marmoratus from two lagoons of the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PGNP) (NW Portugal). Ranavirus-like particles were identified in tissues of diseased newts T. marmoratus and T. boscai. Here we report on the molecular and ultrastructural characterization of these viruses.

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