[article]
| Titre : |
Collapse of Amphibian Communities Due to an Introduced Ranavirus |
| Type de document : |
Imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Stephen J. Price ; Trenton W. J. Garner ; Richard A. Nichols ; François Balloux ; César Ayres ; Amparo Mora-Cabello de Alba ; Jaime Bosch |
| Année de publication : |
2014 |
| Article en page(s) : |
2586-2591 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
[CBNPMP-Thématique] Lac d'altitude
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| Résumé : |
The emergence of infectious diseases with a broad host range can have a dramatic impact on entire communities and has become one of the main threats to biodiversity [1-4]. Here, we report the simultaneous exploitation of entire communities of potential hosts with associated severe declines following invasion by a novel viral pathogen. We found two phylogenetically related, highly virulent viruses (genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) causing mass mortality in multiple, diverse amphibian hosts in northern Spain, as well as a third, relatively avirulent virus. We document host declines in multiple species at multiple sites in the region. Our work reveals a group of pathogens that seem to have preexisting capacity to infect and evade immunity in multiple diverse and novel hosts, and that are exerting massive impacts on host communities. This report provides an exceptional record of host population trends being tracked in real time following emergence of a wildlife disease and a striking example of a novel, generalist pathogen repeatedly crossing the species barrier with catastrophic consequences at the level of host communities. |
| Lien pérenne : |
DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.028  |
| Permalink : |
https://biblio.cbnpmp.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=152371 |
in Current biology > 24 (21) (2014) . - 2586-2591
Price, Stephen J., Garner, Trenton W. J., Nichols, Richard A., Balloux, François, Ayres, César, Mora-Cabello de Alba, Amparo, Bosch, Jaime
2014
Collapse of Amphibian Communities Due to an Introduced Ranavirus.
Current biology, 24(21): 2586-2591.
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Collapse of Amphibian Communities Due to an Introduced Ranavirus in Current biology, 24 (21) (2014)
