Infectious Agents of Reptiles and Amphibians: Peer-reviewed publications, January–June 2022

Byas AD, Gallichotte EN, Hartwig AE, Porter SM, Gordy PW, Felix TA, Bowen RA, Ebel GD, Bosco-Lauth AM. 2022. American alligators are capable of West Nile virus amplification, mosquito infection and transmission. Virol, 568:49–55. Capozza P, Lanave G, Diakoudi G, Pellegrini F, Cardone R, Vasinioti VI, Decaro N, Elia G, Catella C, Alberti A, Bányai K, Mendoza-Roldan JA, Otranto D, Buonavoglia C, Martella V. 2022. Diversity of CRESS DNA viruses in squamates recapitulates hosts dietary and environmental sources of exposure. Microbiol Spectr, 10(3):e0078022. Habarugira G, Moran J, Harrison JJ, Isberg SR, HobsonPeters J, Hall RA, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H. 2022. Evidence of infection with zoonotic mosquito-borne flaviviruses in saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Northern Australia. Viruses, 14(5):1106. Ihász K, Marton S, Fehér E, Bányai K, Farkas SL. 2022. Genetic characterisation of a novel reptarenavirus detected in a dead pet red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor). Acta Vet Hung, 70(1):77–82. doi:10.1556/004.2022. 00001. Kurucz N, McMahon JL, Warchot A, Hewitson G, Barcelon J, Moore F, Moran J, Harrison JJ, Colmant AMG, Staunton KM, Ritchie SA, Townsend M, Steiger DM, Hall RA, Isberg SR, Hall-Mendelin S. 2022. Nucleic acid preservation card surveillance is effective for monitoring arbovirus transmission on crocodile farms and provides a one health benefit to Northern Australia. Viruses, 14(6):1342. Li T-H, Hsu W-L, Chen C-Y, Chen Y-C, Wang Y-C, Tsai M-A, Chen I-C, Chang C-C. 2022. Preparation of recombinant glycoprotein B (gB) of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) for antibody production and its application for infection detection in sea turtles. Sci Rep, 12(1):11022. Lintala A, Szirovicza L, Kipar A, Hetzel U, Hepojoki J. 2022. Persistent reptarenavirus and hartmanivirus infection in cultured boid cells. Microbiol Spectr, 10(4):e0158522. Lu J, Yang S, Wang C, Wang H, Gong G, Xi Y, Pan J, Wang X, Zeng J, Zhang J, Li P, Shen Q, Shan T, Zhang W. 2022. Gut virome of the world’s highest-elevation lizard species (Phrynocephalus erythrurus and Phrynocephalus theobaldi) reveals versatile commensal viruses. Microbiol Spectr, 10(1):e0187221. Manes C, Pinton D, Canestrelli A, Capua I. 2022. Occurrence of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in relation to environmental changes in coastal ecosystems in Texas and Florida: a retrospective study. Animals, 12(10):1236. Nieto-Claudin A, Esperón F, Apakupakul K, Peña I, Deem SL. 2022. Health assessments uncover novel viral sequences in five species of Galapagos tortoises. Transbound Emerg Dis, 69(4):e1079-e1089. Schönbächler K, Segner H, Amphimaque B, Friker B, Hofer A, Lange B, Stirn M, Pantchev N, Origgi FC, Hoby S. 2022. Health assessment of captive and free living European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Switzerland. J Zoo Wildl Med, 53(1):159–172. Szirovicza L, Hetzel U, Kipar A, Hepojoki J. 2022. Short ‘1.23 genome’ infectious clone initiates kolmiovirid replication in Boa constrictor cells. Viruses, 14(1):107. Walker PJ, Freitas-Astúa J, Bejerman N, Blasdell KR, Breyta R, Dietzgen RG, Fooks AR, Kondo H, Kurath G, Kuzmin IV, Ramos-González PL, Shi M, Stone DM, Tesh RB, Tordo N, Vasilakis N, Whitfield AE, ICTV RC. 2022. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Rhabdoviridae 2022. J Gen Virol, 103(6). doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001689. Waltzek TB, Stacy BA, Ossiboff RJ, Stacy NI, Fraser WA, Yan A, Mohan S, Koonin EV, Wolf YI, Rodrigues TCS, Viadanna PHO, Subramaniam K, Popov VL, Guzman-Vargas V, Shender LA. 2022. A novel group of negative-sense RNA viruses associated with epizootics in managed and free-ranging freshwater turtles in Florida, USA. PLoS Pathog, 18(3):e1010258. Willis TJ, Kelly M, Adamovicz L, Allender MC. 2022. Enhancing chelonian health assessments by determining agreement in pathogen detection between sampling sites using quantitative PCR. J Wildl Dis, 58(2):399–403. Winter JM, Wellehan JFX, Apakupakul K, Palmer J, Brenn-White M, Standorf K, Berry KH, Childress AL, Koplos P, Garner MM, Deem SL. 2022. A novel herpesvirus detected in 3 species of chelonians. J Vet Diagn Invest, 34(4):594–601.