| poor replication of west nile virus (new york 1999 strain) in three reptilian and one amphibian species. | because west nile (wn) virus primarily cycles between mosquitoes and birds, north american reptiles and amphibians have not been evaluated as reservoir hosts of this virus. we infected three species of reptiles and one species of amphibian: iguana iguana (green iguana), thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (florida garter snake), trachymes scripta elegans (red-ear slider), and rana catesbeiana (north american bullfrog). after inoculation with wn virus, some of the green iguanas, bullfrogs, and garter sn ... | 2003 | 14628941 |
| intraspecific variation of haematoloechus floedae harwood, 1932 (digenea: plagiorchiidae), from rana spp. in north and central america. | haematoloechus floedae was originally described from the lungs of rana catesbeiana in texas, and later reported in florida, in the united states. it was proposed to be synonymous with h. breviplexus, h. parviplexus, and h. varioplexus. we obtained specimens of h. floedae from rana brownorum and r. vaillanti in yucatán, mexico; r. cf. forreri and r. taylori in guanacaste, costa rica; and r. catesbeiana in georgia and california. some specimens were processed for morphological study; sequences of ... | 2005 | 17089764 |
| co-infection by alveolate parasites and frog virus 3-like ranavirus during an amphibian larval mortality event in florida, usa. | a multispecies amphibian larval mortality event, primarily affecting american bullfrogs lithobates catesbeianus, was investigated during april 2011 at the mike roess gold head branch state park, clay county, florida, usa. freshly dead and moribund tadpoles had hemorrhagic lesions around the vent and on the ventral body surface, with some exhibiting a swollen abdomen. bullfrogs (100%), southern leopard frogs l. sphenocephalus (33.3%), and gopher frogs l. capito (100%) were infected by alveolate p ... | 2013 | 23872853 |