Meeting: 2nd International Symposium on Ranaviruses, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, July 27 - 29, 2013

会议：第二届蛙病毒国际研讨会，田纳西大学，诺克斯维尔，田纳西州，2013 年 7 月 27 日至 29 日

• 批准号: 1256926
• 负责人: Victor Chinchar
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi Medical Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1256926&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; 2nd; International; Symposium; Ranaviruses

Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae) are increasingly recognized as global threats to ecologically and commercially important fish, reptiles, and amphibians. For example, one ranavirus, Singapore grouper iridovirus, has triggered substantial losses among mariculture facilities in Asia, whereas Frog virus 3 (FV3)-like viruses have contributed to die-offs among both wild and cultured frogs and turtles throughout the world. To understand the impacts of these emerging infections among cold-blooded vertebrates, the 2nd International Symposium on Ranaviruses (ISR) will focus on ranavirus-mediated disease at the ecological, molecular, immunological, and pathological levels. The meeting will bring together senior and junior investigators, as well as post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, with complementary skill sets in an effort to understand how viral, host, and environmental factors interact to produce the observed ecological, pathological, and population phenotypes and to develop novel diagnostic protocols and control measures. In addition to platform and poster presentations, the 2nd ISR will host two field trips to provide professionals with the tools needed to sample and identify ranavirus-infected animals. Moreover, by coupling the 2nd ISR with the annual International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA), information related to ranaviral disease and its impact on cold-blooded vertebrates can be communicated to a larger audience through participation in both meetings and a plenary presentation at the WDA Conference summarizing key findings from the 2nd ISR. Collectively, by bringing together virologists, immunologists, ecologists, and veterinarians, the 2nd ISR will provide a forum for better understanding ranaviruses and provide an extremely effective way to bring together individuals with diverse skills in an effort to understand and control an emerging threat to cold-blooded vertebrates within both the natural environment and commercial aquaculture-based enterprises.

蛙病毒（虹彩病毒科）越来越被认为是对生态和商业上重要的鱼类、爬行动物和两栖动物的全球威胁。 例如，一种蛙病毒（新加坡石斑鱼虹彩病毒）已导致亚洲海水养殖设施遭受重大损失，而青蛙病毒 3 (FV3) 类病毒则导致世界各地野生和养殖的青蛙和海龟死亡。 为了了解这些新出现的感染对冷血脊椎动物的影响，第二届国际蛙病毒研讨会 (ISR) 将重点关注生态、分子、免疫和病理层面的蛙病毒介导的疾病。 该会议将汇集具有互补技能的高级和初级研究人员以及博士后研究员和研究生，以努力了解病毒、宿主和环境因素如何相互作用以产生观察到的生态、病理和群体表型并制定新的诊断方案和控制措施。 除了平台和海报展示之外，第二届ISR还将举办两次实地考察，为专业人员提供采样和识别蛙病毒感染动物所需的工具。 此外，通过将第二届 ISR 与野生动物疾病协会 (WDA) 年度国际会议结合起来，可以通过参加会议和全体会议向更多受众传达与拉病毒病及其对冷血脊椎动物影响相关的信息在 WDA 会议上总结了第二次 ISR 的主要发现。 总的来说，通过将病毒学家、免疫学家、生态学家和兽医聚集在一起，第二次 ISR 将为更好地了解蛙病毒提供一个论坛，并提供一种极其有效的方法，将具有不同技能的个人聚集在一起，努力了解和控制新出现的感冒威胁-自然环境和商业水产养殖企业中的有血统脊椎动物。