![The distribution of ranavirus infections in the eastern range of wood frogs](https://labs.wsu.edu/brunner/wp-content/uploads/sites/1097/2015/12/Screen-Shot-2015-12-04-at-4.44.36-PM-198x198.png)
Crespi, E. J., L. J. Rissler, N. M. Mattheus, K. Engbrecht, S. I. Duncan, T. Seaborn, E. M. Hall, J. D. Peterson, and J. L. Brunner. 2015. Geophysiology of Wood Frogs: Landscape Patterns of Prevalence of Disease and Circulating Hormone Concentrations across the Eastern Range. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55:602-617.
This started as a side project, but became a long labor of love. There are a lot of surprises in here such as the fact that ranaviruses, which tend to kill the vast majority of wood frogs we expose in the lab, are common in adults returning to breed. I think these persistent infections of an otherwise lethal virus are crucial for ranavirus persistence in highly seasonal populations.