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Genomic sequence of a Bohle iridovirus strain isolated from a diseased boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) in a North American aquarium

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Genomic sequence analysis of zoo ranavirus (ZRV) suggests it is a strain of Bohle iridovirus (BIV), a virus that was first detected in, and thought to be confined to, Australia. Furthermore, marked sequence similarity and genomic co-linearity among ZRV, BIV, and German gecko ranavirus (GGRV) are consistent with the view that all three are strains  of Frog virus 3, the type species of the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae.

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We thank Mr. Kamonchai Imnoi for his technical assistance throughout the study.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Kuttichantran Subramaniam & Thomas B. Waltzek

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA

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Determination of sequence identity. Genetic analysis of the concatenated nucleotide (nt) sequences of 26 core iridovirus genes was performed using the BioEdit Sequence Alignment Editor v7.2.5, and the percent sequence identity among the isolates was determined. See Table S1 for virus abbreviations (PDF 117 kb)

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Subramaniam, K., Waltzek, T.B. & Chinchar, V.G. Genomic sequence of a Bohle iridovirus strain isolated from a diseased boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) in a North American aquarium. Arch Virol 164, 1923–1926 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04244-7

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