2014

Peer-Refereed Journals

 

1.     Alvarez-Torres, D., M. C. Alonso, E. Garcia-Rosado, B. Collet, and J. Bejar. 2014. Differential response of the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) Mx promoter to viral infections in two salmonid cell lines. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 161:251-257.

2.     Ball, I., H. Behncke, V. Schmidt, T. Papp, A. C. Stoehr, and R. E. Marschang. 2014. PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW ADENOVIRUSES FOUND IN LIZARDS. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45:287-297.

3.     Beurden, S. J. v., J. Hughes, B. Saucedo, J. Rijks, M. Kik, O. L. M. Haenen, M. Y. Engelsma, A. Grone, M. H. Verheije, G. Wilkie, and S. J. van Beurden. 2014. Complete genome sequence of a common midwife toad virus-like ranavirus associated with mass mortalities in wild amphibians in the Netherlands. Genome Announcements 2:e01293-01214.

4.     Brenes, R, M. J. Gray, T. B. Waltzek, R. P. Wilkes, and D. L. Miller. 2014. Transmission of ranavirus between ectothermic vertebrate hosts. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92476. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092476.

5.     Brenes, R., D. L. Miller, T. B. Waltzek, R. P. Wilkes, J. L. Tucker, J. C. Chaney, R. H. Hardman, M. D. Brand, R. R. Huether, and M. J. Gray. 2014. Susceptibility of fish and turtles to three ranaviruses isolated from different ectothermic vertebrate classes. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 26:118-126.

6.     Cheng, K., B. L. Escalon, J. Robert, V. G. Chinchar, and N. Garcia-Reyero.  2014.  Differential transcription of fathead minnow immune-related genes following infection with frog virus 3, an emerging pathogen of ectothermic vertebrates.  Virology 456-457:77-86

7.     Cheng, K., M. E. B. Jones, J. K. Jancovich, J. Burchell, M. D. Schrenzel, D. R. Reavill, D. M. Imai, A. Urban, M. Kirkendall, L. W. Woods, V. G. Chinchar, and A. P. Pessier. 2014b. Isolation of a Bohle-like iridovirus from boreal toads housed within a cosmopolitan aquarium collection. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 111:139-152.

8.     Chinchar, V. G., and T. B. Waltzek.  2014.  Ranaviruses: Not just for frogs.  PLOS Pathogens 10(1):e1003850.

9.     Currylow, A. F., A. J. Johnson, and R. N. Williams.  2014.  Evidence of ranavirus infections among sympatric larval amphibians and box turtles.  Journal of Herpetology 48:117-121

10.  Duffus, A. L. J., R. A. Nichols, and T. W. J. Garner. 2014a. Detection of a Frog Virus 3-like Ranavirus in Native and Introduced Amphibians in the United Kingdom in 2007 and 2008. Herpetological Review 45:608-610.

11.  Duffus, A. L. J., R. A. Nichols, and T. W. J. Garner. 2014b. Experimental evidence in support of single host maintenance of a multihost pathogen. Ecosphere 5.

12.  Earl, J. E., and M. J. Gray. 2014. Introduction of ranavirus to isolated wood frog population could cause local extinction. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0950-y.

13.  Echaubard, P., J. Leduc, P. Pauli, V. G. Chinchar, J. Robert, and D. Lesbarreres.  2014. Environmental dependency of amphibian-ranavirus genotype interactions: evolutionary perspectives on infectious diseases.  Evolutionary Applications doi:10.1111/eva.12169.  

14.  Fard, M. S., F. Pasmans, C. Adriaensen, G. Du Laing, G. P. J. Janssens, and A. Martel. 2014. Chironomidae Bloodworms Larvae as Aquatic Amphibian Food. Zoo Biology 33:221-227.

15.  Grayfer, L., F. de Jesus Andino, and J. Robert.  2014.  The amphibian (Xenopus laevis) type I interferon response to Frog Virus 3: new insight into ranavirus pathogenicity.  Journal of Virology 88:5766-5777

16.  Grayfer, L., and J. Robert. 2014. Divergent antiviral roles of amphibian (Xenopus laevis) macrophages elicited by colony-stimulating factor-1 and interleukin-34. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 96:1143-1153.

17.  Grosset, C., J. F. X. Wellehan, Jr., S. D. Owens, S. McGraw, P. M. Gaffney, J. Foley, A. L. Childress, S. Yun, K. Malm, J. M. Groff, J. Paul-Murphy, and E. S. Weber, III. 2014. Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 26:354-364.

18.  He, L.-B., F. Ke, J. Wang, X.-C. Gao, and Q.-Y. Zhang. 2014. Rana grylio virus (RGV) envelope protein 2L: subcellular localization and essential roles in virus infectivity revealed by conditional lethal mutant. Journal of General Virology 95:679-690.

19.  Huang, X., C. Pei, L. He, Q. Zhang, X. Huang, C. Pei, L. B. He, and Q. Y. Zhang. 2014b. The construction of a novel recombinant virus Delta67R-RGV and preliminary analyses the function of the 67R gene. Chinese Journal of Virology 30:495-501.

20.  Huang, X., W. Wang, Y. Huang, L. Xu, and Q. Qin. 2014c. Involvement of the PI3K and ERK signaling pathways in largemouth bass virus-induced apoptosis and viral replication. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 41:371-379.

21.  Johnson, A. F., and J. L. Brunner. 2014. Persistence of an amphibian ranavirus in aquatic communities. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 111:129-138.

22.  Kolby, J. E., K. M. Smith, L. Berger, W. B. Karesh, A. Preston, A. Pessier, and L. F. Skerratt.  2014.  First evidence of amphbian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and ranavirus in Hong Kong amphibian trade.  PLoS ONE 9(3):e90750.

23.  Krynak, T. J., and P. M. Dennis. 2014. Detection of Ranavirus in Northeast Ohio's Wetlands. Herpetological Review 45:601-602.

24.  Leimbach, S., H. Schuetze, and S. M. Bergmann. 2014. Susceptibility of European sheatfish Silurus glanis to a panel of ranaviruses. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30:93-101.

25.  Li, P., Y. Yan, S. Wei, J. Wei, R. Gao, X. Huang, Y. Huang, G. Jiang, and Q. Qin.  2014.  Isolation and characterization of a new class of DNA aptamers specific binding to Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) with antiviral activities.  Virus Research 188:146-154

26.  Li, W., and C.-f. Dong. 2014. Research progress on pathogens of infectious disease in China giant salamander (Andrias davidianus). Guangdong Agricultural Sciences 41:136-144.

27.  Li, W. y., X. Zhang, S. Weng, G. Zhao, L. He, and C. Dong. 2014b. Virion-associated viral proteins of a Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) iridovirus (genus Ranavirus) and functional study of the major capsid protein (MCP). Veterinary Microbiology 172:129-139.

28.  Liu, X., Y. Geng, Z. Zhou, K. Wang, X. Huang, D. Chen, Y. Zhou, X. X. Liu, Y. Geng, Z. Y. Zhou, K. Y. Wang, X. L. Huang, D. F. Chen, and Y. Zhou. 2014. Development of a nested PCR detection method for Chinese giant salamanders Ranavirus. Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 34:406-410.

29.  Ma, J., L. Zeng, Y. Zhou, et al.  2014.  Ultrastructural morphogenesis of an amphibian iridovirus isolated from Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus).  Journal of Comparative Pathology 150:325-331

30.  Meng, Y. J. Ma, N. Jiang, L.-B. Zeng, and H.-B. Xiao.  2014.  Pathological and microbiological findings from mortality of the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus).  Archives in Virology 159:1403-1412.

31.  Moore, A. R., M. C. Allender, and A. L. MacNeill. 2014. EFFECTS OF RANAVIRUS INFECTION OF RED-EARED SLIDERS (TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS) ON PLASMA PROTEINS. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45:298-305.

32.  Morrison, E. A., S. Garner, P. Echaubard, et al. 2014.  Complete genome analysis of a frog virus 3 (FV3) isolate and sequence comparison with isolates of differing level of virulence.  Virology Journal 11:46.

33.  Muehlheim, R. L. 2014. Detection of Ranavirus in Archival Specimens. Herpetological Review 45:441-442.

34.  Ou, T., X.-Y. Lei, L.-B. He, F.-J. Zhou, and Q.-Y. Zhang. 2014. Development of an Ussuri catfish Pseudobagrus ussuriensis skin cell line displaying differential cytopathic effects to three aquatic animal viruses. Virus Research 189:56-62.

35.  Pham, P. H., Y. J. Huang, C. Chen, and N. C. Bols. 2014. Corexit 9500 Inactivates Two Enveloped Viruses of Aquatic Animals but Enhances the Infectivity of a Nonenveloped Fish Virus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:1035-1041.

36.  Price, S. J., T. W. J. Garner, R. A. Nichols, F. Balloux, C. Ayres, A. Mora-Cabello de Alba, and J. Bosch. 2014. Collapse of Amphibian Communities Due to an Introduced Ranavirus. Current Biology 24:2586-2591.

37.  Reshetnikov, A. N., T. Chestnut, J. L. Brunner, K. Charles, E. E. Nebergall, and D. H. Olson. 2014. Detection of the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus in Russia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 110:235-240.

38.  Robert, J., and E.-S. Edholm.  2014.  A prominent role for invariant T cells in the amphibian Xenopus laevis tadpoles.  Immunogenetics doi 10.1007/s00251-014-0781-6.

39.  Schmidt, V., R. Mock, E. Burgkhardt, A. Junghanns, F. Ortlieb, I. Szabo, R. Marschang, I. Blindow, and M.-E. Krautwald-Junghanns. 2014. Cloacal Aerobic Bacterial Flora and Absence of Viruses in Free-Living Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis), Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) and European Adders (Vipera berus) from Germany. Ecohealth 11:571-580.

40.  Sifkarovski, J., L. Grayfer, F. De Jesus Adino, B. P. Lawrence, and J. Robert.  2014.  Negative effects of low dose atrazine exposure on the development of effective immunity to FV3 in Xenopus laevis.  Developmental and Comparative Immunology 47:52-58

41.  Stabile, J. L., L. A. Santiago, and R. L. Joglar. 2014. Reproductive Biology of the Mona Coqui (Eleutherodactylus monensis) in Captivity. Herpetological Review 45:248-250.

42.  Stark, T., C. Laurijssens, M. Weterings, A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. Martel, and F. Pasmans. 2014. Death in the clouds: ranavirus associated mortality in assemblage of cloud forest amphibians in Nicaragua. Acta Herpetologica 9:125-127.

43.  Sutton, W. B., M. J. Gray, R. H. Hardman, R. P. Wilkes, A. J. Kouba, and D. L. Miller. 2014. High susceptibility of the endangered dusky gopher frog to ranavirus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 112:9-16.

44.  van Beurden, S. J., J. Hughes, B. Saucedo, J. Rijks, M. Kik, O. L. M. Haenen, M. Y. Engelsma, A. Grone, M. H. Verheije, and G. Wilkie. 2014. Complete genome sequence of a common midwife toad virus-like ranavirus associated with mass mortalities in wild amphibians in the Netherlands. Genome Announcements 2.

45.  Vinas, N., K. Chen, L. Escalon, and G. Chinchar. 2014. GSE53739: Differential transcription of fathead minnow immune-related genes following infection with an emerging pathogen of ectothermic vertebrates, Frog virus 3. Gene Expression Omnibus.

46.  Waltzek, T. B., D. L. Miller, M. J. Gray, B. Drecktrah, J. T. Briggler, B. MacConnell, C. Hudson, L. Hopper, J. Friary, S. C. Yun, K. V. Malm, E. S. Weber, and R. P. Hedrick. 2014. New disease records for hatchery-reared sturgeon. I. Expansion of frog virus 3 host range into Scaphirhynchus albus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 111:219-227.

47.  Wang, N., M. Zhang, L. Zhang, H. Jing, Y. Jiang, S. Wu, X. Lin, N. Wang, M. Zhang, L. F. Zhang, H. L. Jing, Y. L. Jiang, S. Q. Wu, and X. M. Lin. 2014a. Complete genome sequence of a ranavirus isolated from Chinese giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus). Genome Announcements 2:e01032-01013.

48.  Wang, S., X. Huang, Y. Huang, X. Hao, H. Xu, M. Cai, H. Wang, and Q. Qin. 2014b. Entry of a Novel Marine DNA Virus, Singapore Grouper Iridovirus, into Host Cells Occurs via Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis and Macropinocytosis in a pH-Dependent Manner. Journal of Virology 88:13047-13063.

49.  Wheelwright, N. T., M. J. Gray, R. D. Hill, and D. L. Miller 2014. Sudden mass die-off of a large population of wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles in Maine, USA, likely due to ranavirus. Herpetological Review 45:240-242.

50.  Xie, J.F., Y.X. Lai, L. J. Huang, S. W. Yang, Y. Shi, S. P. Weng, Y. Zhang, and J. G. He.  2014.  Genome-wide analyses of proliferation-important genes of iridovirus-tiger frog virus by RNAi.  Virus Research 189:214-225.

51.  Xu, L., J. Feng, and Y. Huang. 2014a. Identification of lymphocystis disease virus from paradise fish Macropodus opercularis (LCDV-PF). Archives of Virology 159:2445-2449.

52.  Xu, Y., H. Duan, Y. Zhou, C. Ding, Y. Xu, H. A. Duan, Y. Zhou, and C. Ding. 2014b. Establishment of real-time PCR assay for detection of Cyprinid herpesvirus 2. Zhongguo Yufang Shouyi Xuebao / Chinese Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine 36:952-956.

53.  Yan, Y., H. Cui, C. Guo, J. Wei, Y. Huang, L. Li, and Q. Qin. 2014. Singapore grouper iridovirus-encoded semaphorin homologue (SGIV-sema) contributes to viral replication, cytoskeleton reorganization and inhibition of cellular immune responses. Journal of General Virology 95:1144-1155.

54.  Zhang, X., X. Zhou, H. Zhang, X. L. Zhang, X. Y. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 2014. Isolation, purification and major capsid protein gene sequence analysis of Iridovirus isolated from Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus. Journal of Northwest A & F University - Natural Science Edition 42:23-28.

55.  Zhu, R., Z. Y. Chen, J. Wang, et al.  2014.  Extensive diversification of MHC in Chinese giant salamanders Andrias davidianus (Anda-MHC) reveals novel splice variants.  Developmental and Comparative Immunology 42:311-322.

56.  Zhu, R., Z.-Y. Chen, J. Wang, J.-D. Yuan, X.-Y. Liao, J.-F. Gui, and Q.-Y. Zhang. 2014b. Thymus cDNA library survey uncovers novel features of immune molecules in Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 46:413-422.

 

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4.     Duffus, A. L. J., M. J. Gray, D. L. Miller, and J. L. Brunner.  2014.  Second International Symposium on Ranaviruses: a North American Herpetological Perspective.  Journal of North American Herpetology 2014:105-107

 

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