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

ranavirus （Iridoviridae科）日益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性威胁。例如，一种ranavirus，新加坡石斑鱼虹膜病毒，在亚洲的海水养殖设施中造成了重大损失，而青蛙病毒3 （FV3）样病毒导致了全世界野生和养殖青蛙和海龟的死亡。为了了解这些新发感染对冷血脊椎动物的影响，第二届Ranaviruses国际研讨会（ISR）将从生态、分子、免疫学和病理水平上关注ranavirus介导的疾病。会议将汇集高级和初级研究人员、博士后研究员和研究生，他们具有互补的技能，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外，第二届ISR还将举办两次实地考察，为专业人员提供取样和识别感染ranvirus的动物所需的工具。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，通过参加这两次会议和WDA会议的全体报告，总结第二届ISR的主要发现，可以向更多的受众传达与ranviral Disease及其对冷血脊椎动物的影响有关的信息。通过汇集病毒学家、免疫学家、生态学家和兽医，第二届ISR将为更好地了解病毒提供一个论坛，并提供一种极其有效的方式，将具有不同技能的个人聚集在一起，努力了解和控制自然环境和商业水产养殖企业中对冷血脊椎动物的新威胁。

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.