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

斑点病毒(虹彩病毒科)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威胁。例如，新加坡石斑鱼虹彩病毒在亚洲的海水养殖设施中造成了重大损失，而类似青蛙病毒3(FV3)的病毒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RaaVirus国际研讨会(ISR)将在生态、分子、免疫学和病理水平上集中讨论RaaVirus介导的疾病。会议将汇集高级和初级研究人员，以及博士后研究员和研究生，具有互补的技能集，努力了解病毒、宿主和环境因素如何相互作用，产生观察到的生态、病理和种群表型，并开发新的诊断方案和控制措施。除了站台和海报演示外，第二ISR还将举办两次实地考察，为专业人员提供所需的工具，以采样和识别受禽流感病毒感染的动物。此外，通过将第二次ISR与野生动物疾病协会(WDA)年度国际会议相结合，可以通过参加这两次会议和在WDA会议上总结第二次ISR的主要发现，向更多的受众传达与兽类病毒病及其影响有关的信息。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，第二届ISR将为更好地了解RANAV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以商业水产养殖为基础的企业中冷血脊椎动物面临的新威胁。

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.