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Knowledge concerning the viral infections of amphibians and reptiles is extremely limited with a few exceptions. The herpesvirus causing renal adenocarcinoma in frogs (Chapter 22), the herpesvirus causing grey-patch disease in sea turtles, and the arthropod-transmitted viruses of reptiles (Chapters 10 and 11) are probably the best studied herptilian viral agents in terms of the virus-host-environment relationships. Information on other viral agents tends to be restricted to case reports (Cooper et al., 1982; Jacobson, 1980; Julian and Durham, 1982; Lunger and Clark, 1979; Wolf et al., 1968) or to virological studies of the agents themselves (Andersen et al., 1979; Granoff, 1969; Stehbens and Johnston, 1966).
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Hoff, G.L., Hoff, D.M. (1984). Herpesviruses of Reptiles. In: Hoff, G.L., Frye, F.L., Jacobson, E.R. (eds) Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9391-1_12
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