Genomic Sequencing of Ranaviruses Isolated from Edible Frogs (Pelophylax esculentus)

Ellen Ariel; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Kamonchai Imnoi; Preeyanan Sriwanayos; M Shamim Ahasan; Niels J Olesen; Manfrin Amedeo; Anna Toffan; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01015-17

Genomic Sequencing of Ranaviruses Isolated from Edible Frogs (Pelophylax esculentus)

Genome Announc. 2017 Sep 21;5(38):e01015-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01015-17.

Authors

Ellen Ariel¹, Kuttichantran Subramaniam², Kamonchai Imnoi², Preeyanan Sriwanayos², M Shamim Ahasan³, Niels J Olesen⁴, Manfrin Amedeo⁵, Anna Toffan⁵, Thomas B Waltzek²

Affiliations

¹ College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia ellen.ariel@jcu.edu.au.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
⁵ National Reference Laboratory for Fish Diseases, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.

Abstract

Ranaviruses were isolated from wild edible frogs (Pelophylax esculentus) during epizootics in Denmark and Italy. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that these isolates are closely related and belong to a clade of ranaviruses that includes the Andrias davidianus ranavirus (ADRV), common midwife toad ranavirus (CMTV), Testudo hermanni ranavirus (THRV), and pike-perch iridovirus (PPIV).