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Thread: Ophidian Paramyxovirus information

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04-Mar-07, 09:24 AM

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I think you might be a bit confused adbacus, the cause of OPMV has been isolated a clue to that fact is in the name: Ophidian PARAMYXOVIRUS. The Paramyxovirus is an enveloped RNA virus 120 to 150um in diameter and 2 distinct subgroups have been shown to exist. Virus has been isolated and cultured but only from tissues harvested at postmortem.
The cause of IBD on the other hand has not been identified although a RETROVIRUS has been postulated to be the pathogen. This is a little harder to prove though becuase on electron microscope viral particles resembling retovirus have been seen in affected snakes but never cultured. The problem with this is that all animals carry retroviruses in their bodies but most of them are non-pathogenic so it is hard to interpret in this case.

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