Daniela Quiza

Instructor: Mohamed Jama

Biol 1616-1615

November-15-2017

Detection and Reporting of Ranavirus in Amphibians

One of some health concerns that has been present between the community is an

infectious disease like Ranavirus, this kind of virus can bring a decline and extinction in our

wildlife, domestic animals and even in human health. Exist some organizations like the World

Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that have been cooperating in the control of this kind of

diseases with the rapid information transfer about different animals diseases including

Ranavirus.The World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) was developed for the

transfer of this information, for the improvement of animals and welfare worldwide the OIE has

build the Terrestrial and Aquatic Animal Health Codes as an addition for sharing this

information in a more complex.

Zoonotic pathogens or food productions pathogens which are capable of affecting

domestic food are chytridiomycosis, which are caused by fungus Batrachochytrium

dendrobatidis and ranavirus which is caused by large double-stranded DNA viruses of the genus

Ranavirus, the OIE has listed this disease as having direct impact on human health for the fact

that this diseases are a bigger concern that they impact on Wild populations and communities of

amphibians, but the most bigger concern is the Ranavirus as it has a larger global distribution

and bigger host ranges which affects amphibians, reptiles and fish but in amphibians they are

pathogens capable to cause population decline and extinction.

 The OIE have analyze data in motivation to undertake some sampling of amphibians for

detection of Ranavirus infection, made global and extending Ranavirus surveillance for a better

prevention of this disease to spread and facilitated rapid information, with the use of the

bibliographic database variations of the amphibian and related terms we searched for the

conjuction with variations of ranavirus. This data showed that Humans have contributed to the

spread Ranavirus with the movement of amphibians spread meaning for every severe host

impacts for international trade they were major factors behind the OIE decision to make

Ranavirus notifiable.

The data on the motivation for undertaking sampling of amphibians was analyzed for

detection of Ranavirus infection and even the OIEs Aquatic Method were used with the help of

the bibliographic databases of BioMed Central to compared this information and it as found that

the Articles that did not describe the original research of infected amphibians for Ranaviruses

were discarded.One of the most important objectives of this collection of this data was to

compare publish studies and OIE data, which was restricted to 2009 as Ranavirus turn to be more

noticeable to the OIE in that same year. To make sure this search was done correctly and

efficiently, the research was revise and compare against resources made available by the Global

Ranavirus Consortium, showing the OIE was unsuccessful in diagnostic testing methods.

The global scientific community must cooperate where is possible to adopt a robust

approach to diagnostic testing and rapid consisting sharing data if in some cases we are to meet

the challenges presented by the rapidly evolving interactions between pathogens, wildlife,

livestock and human and co-ordinate targeted disease surveillance methods.