Species: Amphibians

Disease general

No diseases found.

Research results

• Ranavirus found in the province of Drenthe, Overijssel and North Holland (07/08/2019)
• Ranavirus in the province of South-Holland (20/10/2017)
• On-going ranavirus epidemic in the Netherlands (21/06/2016)
• Ranavirus identified in frog cadavers from the Dwingelderveld die-off in 2010 (28/02/2011)
• Ranavirus infection in smooth newts and green frogs, Dwingelderveld. (28/02/2011)

General news

• Ranavirus in Drenthe (10/05/2014)
• Ranavirus surveillance project in the Netherlands, 2011 (13/07/2011)

Publications

• The Fourth International Symposium on Ranaviruses: Summary of North American Herpetological Content and Points of Interest. Ash L., R. Marschang, J. Rijks & A. Duffus. (2020). Journal of North American Herpetology, 1, p. 29-31. doi: 10.17161/jnah.vi.13539
• Ranavirus genotypes in the Netherlands and their potential association with virulence in water frogs (Pelophylax spp.). Saucedo B., J. Hughes, A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, N. Kruithof, M. Schills, J.M. Rijks, M. Jacinto-Maldonado, N. Suarez, O.L.M. Haenen, M. Voorbergen-Laarman, J. van den Broek, M. Gilbert, A. Gröne, S.J. van Beurden & M.H. Verheije (2018). Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Apr 4;7(1):56. doi: 10.1038/s41426-018-0058-5
• Monitoring Ranavirus-Associated Mortality in a Dutch Heathland in the Aftermath of a Ranavirus Disease Outbreak. Sluijs A.S., J. van den Broek, M. Kik, A. Martel, J. Janse, F. van Asten, F. Pasmans, A. Gröne & J.M. Rijks. J Wildl Dis. 2016 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.7589/2015-04-104
• Investigation of Amphibian Mortality Events in Wildlife Reveals an On-Going Ranavirus Epidemic in the North of the Netherlands. Rijks JM, Saucedo B, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Wilkie GS, van Asten AJAM, van den Broek J, et al (2016). PLoS ONE 11(6): e0157473. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157473
• Complete genome sequence of a common midwife toad virus-like ranavirus associated with mass mortalities in wild amphibians in the Netherlands. van Beurden S.J., J. Hughes, B. Saucedo, J. Rijks, M. Kik, O.L. Haenen, M.Y. Engelsma, A. Gröne A, M.H. Verheije & G. Wilkie (2014). Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 24;2(6). pii: e01293-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01293-14.
• Ranavirus-associated mass mortality in wild amphibians, The Netherlands, 2010: A first report. Kik M, Martel A, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Pasmans F, Wohlsein P, Gröne A & Rijks JM (2011). The Veterinary Journal, 2011, 190: 284–286 Klik hier voor meer informatie