Ranaviruses: Emerging Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates

Author:   Matthew J. Gray ,  V. Gregory Chinchar
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Second Edition 2025
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Pages:   371
Publication Date:   12 October 2025
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Ranaviruses: Emerging Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates


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Author:   Matthew J. Gray ,  V. Gregory Chinchar
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Second Edition 2025
ISBN:  

9783031649752


ISBN 10:   3031649753
Pages:   371
Publication Date:   12 October 2025
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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.

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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 Journal of Wildlife Management (Wiley-Blackwell) and co-edited the first edition of Ranaviruses: Lethal Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates.   V.G. Chinchar, Professor Emeritus, has been active in ranavirus studies for over 40 years.  He has served as an associate editor of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Inter-Research) and as a reviewer for  Archives of Virology (Springer), Veterinary Pathology,  Developmental and Comparative Immunology (Elsevier), and Viruses (MDPI AG).  He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Virology (Am. Soc. Microbiology).  He  was a guest editor for special issues of Viruses (MDPI AG) and Virology focused on iridoviruses and co-edited the first edition of Ranaviruses: Lethal Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates.   

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