Winzeler Megan E, Haskins David L, Lance Stacey L, Tuberville Tracey D
1 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 2018 Jan;54(1):138-141. doi: 10.7589/2016-08-182. Epub 2017 Aug 16.
: Ranaviruses have the ability to infect amphibians, fish, and reptiles, and they have caused multiple amphibian die-off events in the US and Europe. Their prevalence in amphibian populations is much more commonly studied than in chelonian populations. We examined blood samples ( n=286) from eight aquatic turtle species collected during 2008-14 on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, US, as part of long-term mark-recapture efforts. Previous studies in the southeastern US found high prevalence of Ranavirus in amphibians, but we did not detect Ranavirus in any of the turtles sampled, suggesting the absence of the virus or its presence at a very low prevalence in aquatic turtles across the Savannah River Site during the years tested.
蛙病毒能够感染两栖动物、鱼类和爬行动物，在美国和欧洲已引发多起两栖动物死亡事件。相较于龟类种群，蛙病毒在两栖动物种群中的流行情况得到了更广泛的研究。作为长期标记重捕工作的一部分，我们检测了2008年至2014年期间在美国南卡罗来纳州萨凡纳河场址采集的8种水龟的血样（n = 286）。美国东南部此前的研究发现蛙病毒在两栖动物中流行率很高，但我们在所有采样的龟类中均未检测到蛙病毒，这表明在所检测的年份里，萨凡纳河场址的水龟中不存在该病毒，或者其流行率极低。
