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- Title
Antiviral Immunity in Amphibians.
- Authors
Guangchun Chen; Robert, Jacques
- Abstract
Although a variety of virus species can infect amphibians, diseases caused by ranaviruses ([RVs]; Iridoviridae) have become prominent, and are a major concern for biodiversity, agriculture and international trade. The relatively recent and rapid increase in prevalence of RV infections, the wide range of host species infected by RVs, the variability in host resistance among population of the same species and among different developmental stages, all suggest an important involvement of the amphibian immune system. Nevertheless, the roles of the immune system in the etiology of viral diseases in amphibians are still poorly investigated. We review here the current knowledge of antiviral immunity in amphibians, focusing on model species such as the frog Xenopus and the salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), and on recent progress in generating tools to better understand how host immune defenses control RV infections, pathogenicity, and transmission.
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2011, Vol 3, Issue 11, p2065
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3390/v3112065