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Lizard erythrocytic viruses (LEVs) were previously found with high prevalence in mountain areas of Portugal in three different species of lizards. Similar viruses are known to infect other reptiles, amphibians and fish [1]. A previous attempt to adapt these viruses to cell cultures resulted in the isolation of a morphologically different Ranavirus of uncertain significance [2]. In this work we report molecular data obtained from blood samples of Lacerta monticola captured in Serra da Estrela, Portugal, that confirms the presence of potentially pathogenic members of the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae in this lizard population.
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Alves de Matos, A.P., Caeiro, M.F., Costa, G., Granja, T., Papp, T., Marschang, R. (2008). Iridovirus-like viruses of Lacerta monticola from Serra da Estrela, Portugal. In: Aretz, A., Hermanns-Sachweh, B., Mayer, J. (eds) EMC 2008 14th European Microscopy Congress 1–5 September 2008, Aachen, Germany. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85228-5_52
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