Genome Sequence of a Ranavirus Isolated from Pike-Perch Sander lucioperca

Riikka Holopainen; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Natalie K Steckler; Sieara C Claytor; Ellen Ariel; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01295-16

Genome Sequence of a Ranavirus Isolated from Pike-Perch Sander lucioperca

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 17;4(6):e01295-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01295-16.

Authors

Riikka Holopainen¹, Kuttichantran Subramaniam², Natalie K Steckler², Sieara C Claytor³, Ellen Ariel⁴, Thomas B Waltzek⁵

Affiliations

¹ Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Veterinary Virology Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA tbwaltzek@ufl.edu.

Abstract

The pike-perch iridovirus (PPIV) was isolated in Finland from apparently healthy pike-perch fingerlings during routine disease surveillance. Our phylogenomic analysis revealed that PPIV is the first fish member of a clade of ranaviruses previously described from European and Chinese amphibians.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.