Viruses of Lower Vertebrates

ISBN-13: 9783642837296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 518 str.

Winfried Ahne; Edouard Kurstak

Opis

Attention to viral infections and pathology previously focussed on diseases of economically important fish. In recent years, however, much new information on molecular virology and oncogenicity derives from viruses occurring in amphibians. New insights into the field of zoonosis were gained by studies of lower vertebrates serving as intermediate hosts in multiple human infections. Certain viruses, e.g. the influenza virus or calicivirus, seem capable of bridging species lines and even the land - sea interface. Global developments in aquaculture are indicated in influenza pandemics. These proceedings present research findings on viruses of fish, amphibians and reptiles, including defence mechanisms, zoonoses, evolutionary considerations and diagnostic approaches.

Spis treści

Section I Viruses of Amphibia.- Viruses of Amphibia: A Historical Perspective.- Herpesviruses: Interaction with Frog Renal Cells.- Frog Virus 3 DNA Replication.- Transcriptional Regulation of Frog Virus 3.- Translation Regulation of Frog Virus 3.- Murine Hepatitis Induced by Frog Virus 3 (FV 3).- Ultrastructural, Biochemical and Biological Properties of.- Properties of Amphibian and Piscine Iridoviruses: A Comparison.- Section II Viruses of Reptilia.- Viruses of Reptiles.- Antigenetic Relationship Between Three Members of Paramyxoviridae Isolated from Different Snakes.- Paramyxovirus Infection in Snakes.- Do in Reptiles Togaviruses and Flaviviruses Persist?.- Differential Virus Susceptibility of Reptilian Organ Cultures to Human Viruses.- Section III Viruses of Fishes.- Lymphocystis Disease of Fishes.- Herpesviruses of Fishes.- Salmon Herpesvirus: OMV, Oneorhynehus Masou Virus.- A Herpesvirus Associated with an Epizootic Epidermal Papillomatosis in European Smelt (Osmerus Eperlanus).- Channel Catfish Herpesvirus.- Picornaviruses and Reoviruses of Fishes.- Some Properties of the Etiological Agent of the Hemorrhagic Disease of Grass Carp and Black Carp.- Characteristics of Reoviruses Isolated from Cyprinid Fishes in California, USA.- Some Properties of Reoviruses Isolated from Tench (Tinea tinea) and Chub (Leueiscus eephalus).- Isolation of a Reovirus from Coho Salmon (Oneorhynehus kisuteh) in Oregon, USA.- Response of Salmonid Fish to Artificial Infection with Chum Salmon Virus.- A New Serotype of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPN N 1).- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Norwegian Fish Farms.- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Atlantic Salmon: Transmission via the Sexual Products?.- The Paramyxoviruses and Orthomyxoviruses.- Persistent Infections of Fish Cell Lines by Paramyxovirus Isolates from Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytsoha).- Rhabdoviruses of Fishes.- Rhabdovirus Carpio in Herpivorous Fishes: Isolation, Pathology and Comparative Susceptibility of Fishes.- SVCV and PFR Viruses: Serological Examination of 22 Isolates Indicates Close Relationship Between the Two Fish Rhabdoviruses.- The Significance of Rainbow Trout Brain and Excretory Kidney for the Propagation of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) Virus.- Cloning the Genes of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia of the Trout.- Rhabdovivus Olivaceus (Hirame Rhabdovirus).- Rhabdovirus Infection of Ulcerated Fish in South-East Asia.- Comparison of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Natural and Experimental Infections of Spawning Salmonids by Infectivity and Immunohistochemistry.- The Delayed Appearance of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) in Steelhead Trout (Salmo gairdneri).- Preliminary Characterization of a Virus Causing Infectious Anemia Among Stocks of Salmonid Fish in the Western United States.- Section IV Immunology of Fish.- Detection and Quantification of Anti-Viral Immunoglobulin of Rainbow Trout Serum.- Change of Immunological Indices in Carps (Cyprinus carpio L.) Following Rhabdovirus Carpio Injection.- Immunotechnology and Viral Diseases of Fish.- Immunostimulation by Levamisole in Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Vivo.- Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms and Specific Immune Protection of Trout Against Viral Agents.- Modulation of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses by Lymphocystis Disease in the Gilthead Sea Bream Sparus Aurata.- Section V Evolutionary Considerations.- Aquatic Birds: An Evolutionary Repository of Ortho- and Paramyxoviruses?.

O autorze

Winfried Ahne, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. vet. habil. für Zoologie und Virologie an der LMU München; entwickelte bereits in den 80er Jahren ein alternatives In-vitro-Verfahren mit Zellkulturen zur Toxizitätsbestimmung von Abwässern, das ohne den Einsatz lebender Fische auskommt und für das er 1987 mit dem Tierschutzpreis der Erna-Graff-Stiftung ausgezeichnet wurde; Mitglied der Tierschutzkommission des Bundesministeriums für Verteidigung 1988-1996; Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruserkrankungen der Tiere 1994-2000; Mitglied der Japanese Society for Promotion of Science; Ehrenprofessur der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1990.