Ranaviruses

Emerging Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-64972-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 371 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

This is a open access book. Ranaviruses, double-stranded DNA viruses (family ) that cause systemic, life-threatening disease in a variety of amphibians, reptiles and fish, have contributed to mass die-offs of both wild and captive populations around the globe.  These viruses are emerging and increasingly responsible for population declines of ectothermic vertebrates.  Because amphibians, reptiles, and freshwater turtles are suitable hosts and among the most imperiled vertebrate taxa in the world, ranaviruses can have significant impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function.  Additionally, many fish that are raised in aquaculture facilities and traded internationally are suitable hosts; thus, the potential economic impact of ranaviruses is significant.  Ranaviruses also serve as a model for understanding viral replication and gene function among large double-stranded DNA viruses, e.g., poxviruses, asfarvirus, and ascoviruses.  Lastly, study of the host immune response to ranaviral disease and the identification of viral immune evasion genes that negatively regulate host immune functions provide insight into which specific immune elements are most important in protecting host species against severe disease.

The effort to produce a 2nd edition of our earlier work grew out of a recent meeting (1st Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference) held in August 2022.  Given the continued research in ranaviruses and ranaviral disease since the first edition, this new book updates the latest information on ranaviruses and provides guidance on how to monitor and manage ranaviruses in cold-blooded vertebrate populations. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chinchar, V. Gregory

Gray, Matthew J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction: Ranaviruses Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 2 Ranavirus taxonomy and phylogeny.- Chapter 3 Ranavirus replication: New studies provide answers to old questions.- Chapter 4 Immune defenses against ranavirus infections.- Chapter 5 Characterization, pathogenesis and immune-biological control of Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV).- Chapter 6 Ranavirus distribution and host range.- Chapter 7 Ranavirus ecology: From individual infections to population epidemiology to community impacts.- Chapter 8 Pathology and diagnostics.- Chapter 9 Design and analysis of ranavirus studies:  Insights into planning surveillance, modeling host-pathogen dynamics, and performing risk analyses.

Über Autor(innen)

M.J. Gray is a professor of disease ecology at the University of Tennessee and has studied amphibian pathogens for >20 years. He is the founding director of the Global Ranavirus Consortium and Healthy Trade Institute. He has served as an associate editor of the  (Wiley-Blackwell) and co-edited the first edition of .  

V.G. Chinchar, Professor Emeritus, has been active in ranavirus studies for over 40 years.  He has served as an associate editor of (Inter-Research) and as a reviewer for   (Springer), ,  (Elsevier), and Viruses (MDPI AG).  He currently serves on the editorial board of the  (Am. Soc. Microbiology).  He  was a guest editor for special issues of  (MDPI AG) and focused on iridoviruses and co-edited the first edition of .