Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research
Ranaviruses are an emerging group of pathogens capable of infecting all cold-blooded vertebrates. In Europe, ranaviruses pose a particularly potent threat to wild amphibian populations. Since the 1980s research on amphibian-infecting ranaviruses in Europe has been growing. The wide distribution of a...
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| description | Ranaviruses are an emerging group of pathogens capable of infecting all cold-blooded vertebrates. In Europe, ranaviruses pose a particularly potent threat to wild amphibian populations. Since the 1980s research on amphibian-infecting ranaviruses in Europe has been growing. The wide distribution of amphibian populations in Europe, the ease with which many are monitored, and the tractable nature of counterpart ex situ experimental systems have provided researchers with a unique opportunity to study many aspects of host–ranavirus interactions in the wild. These characteristics of European amphibian populations will also enable researchers to lead the way as the field of host–ranavirus interactions progresses. In this review, we provide a summary of the current key knowledge regarding amphibian infecting ranaviruses throughout Europe. We then outline important areas of further research and suggest practical ways each could be pursued. We address the study of potential interactions between the amphibian microbiome and ranaviruses, how pollution may exacerbate ranaviral disease either as direct stressors of amphibians or indirect modification of the amphibian microbiome. Finally, we discuss the need for continued surveillance of ranaviral emergence in the face of climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8134979e27c4cbab991a80e0ffc37fe2022-12-21T22:02:08ZengCanadian Science PublishingFACETS2371-16712020-08-015159861410.1139/facets-2020-0007Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future researchLewis J. Campbell0Alice H. Pawlik1Xavier A. Harrison2Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USACentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UKCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UKRanaviruses are an emerging group of pathogens capable of infecting all cold-blooded vertebrates. In Europe, ranaviruses pose a particularly potent threat to wild amphibian populations. Since the 1980s research on amphibian-infecting ranaviruses in Europe has been growing. The wide distribution of amphibian populations in Europe, the ease with which many are monitored, and the tractable nature of counterpart ex situ experimental systems have provided researchers with a unique opportunity to study many aspects of host–ranavirus interactions in the wild. These characteristics of European amphibian populations will also enable researchers to lead the way as the field of host–ranavirus interactions progresses. In this review, we provide a summary of the current key knowledge regarding amphibian infecting ranaviruses throughout Europe. We then outline important areas of further research and suggest practical ways each could be pursued. We address the study of potential interactions between the amphibian microbiome and ranaviruses, how pollution may exacerbate ranaviral disease either as direct stressors of amphibians or indirect modification of the amphibian microbiome. Finally, we discuss the need for continued surveillance of ranaviral emergence in the face of climate change.https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2020-0007microbiomehost–microbe interactionswildlife diseaseecotoxicologyeuropean amphibians |
| spellingShingle | Lewis J. Campbell Alice H. Pawlik Xavier A. Harrison Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research FACETS microbiome host–microbe interactions wildlife disease ecotoxicology european amphibians |
| title | Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research |
| title_full | Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research |
| title_fullStr | Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research |
| title_short | Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research |
| title_sort | amphibian ranaviruses in europe important directions for future research |
| topic | microbiome host–microbe interactions wildlife disease ecotoxicology european amphibians |
| url | https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2020-0007 |
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