eprintid: 10130651
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datestamp: 2021-07-05 12:47:22
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creators_name: von Essen, M
creators_name: Leung, WTM
creators_name: Bosch, J
creators_name: Pooley, S
creators_name: Ayres, C
creators_name: Price, SJ
title: High pathogen prevalence in an amphibian and reptile assemblage at a site with risk factors for dispersal in Galicia, Spain
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C08
note: © 2020 von Essen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: Ranaviruses are agents of disease, mortality and population declines in ectothermic vertebrates and emergences have been repeatedly linked to human activities. Ranaviruses in the common midwife toad ranavirus lineage are emerging in Europe. They are known to be severe multi-host pathogens of amphibians and can also cause disease in reptiles. Recurrent outbreaks of ranavirus disease and mortality affecting three species have occurred at a small reservoir in north-west Spain but no data were available on occurrence of the pathogen in the other amphibian and reptile species present or at adjacent sites. We sampled nine species of amphibians and reptiles at the reservoir and nearby sites and screened for ranavirus presence using molecular methods. Our results show infection with ranavirus in all nine species, including first reports for Hyla molleri, Pelophylax perezi, Rana iberica, and Podarcis bocagei. We detected ranavirus in all four local sites and confirmed mass mortality incidents involving Lissotriton boscai and Triturus marmoratus were ongoing. The reservoir regularly hosts water sports tournaments and the risks of ranavirus dispersal through the translocation of contaminated equipment are discussed.
date: 2020
publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236803
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 1873981
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236803
lyricists_name: Price, Stephen
lyricists_id: SJPRI42
actors_name: Price, Stephen
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: SJPRI42
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
actors_role: impersonator
full_text_status: public
publication: PLoS One
volume: 15
number: 7
article_number: e0236803
citation:        von Essen, M;    Leung, WTM;    Bosch, J;    Pooley, S;    Ayres, C;    Price, SJ;      (2020)    High pathogen prevalence in an amphibian and reptile assemblage at a site with risk factors for dispersal in Galicia, Spain.                   PLoS One , 15  (7)    , Article e0236803.  10.1371/journal.pone.0236803 <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236803>.       Green open access   
 
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