Wytamma Wirth

Pathogenesis of Bohle iridovirus infection in Krefft's freshwater turtle hatchlings (Emydura macquarii krefftii).

Wytamma Wirth, María J Forzán, Lin Schwarzkopf, Ellen Ariel

Journal article  |  2023  |  Vet Pathol

Ranaviruses have been detected in over 12 families of reptiles including many genera of turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, but the..

Phytest: quality control for phylogenetic analyses

Wytamma Wirth, Simon Mutch, Robert Turnbull, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2022  |  BIOINFORMATICS

MOTIVATION: The ability to automatically conduct quality control checks on phylogenetic analyses is becoming more important with t..

Real-Time and Remote MCMC Trace Inspection with Beastiary.

Wytamma Wirth, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2022  |  Mol Biol Evol

Bayesian phylogenetics has gained substantial popularity in the last decade, with most implementations relying on Markov chain Mon..

The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Is Driven by Acceleration of the Substitution Rate

John H Tay, Ashleigh F Porter, Wytamma Wirth, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2022  |  MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has seen an unprecedented amount of rapidly generated genome data. These data have revealed the em..

Leech removal is not the primary driver of basking behavior in a freshwater turtle

Donald T McKnight, Wytamma Wirth, Lin Schwarzkopf, Eric J Nordberg

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Leaving the water to bask (usually in the sun) is a common behavior for many freshwater turtles, with some species also engaging i..

The Concurrent Detection of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 and Chelonia mydas Papillomavirus 1 in Tumoured and Non-Tumoured Green Turtles

Narges Mashkour, Karina Jones, Wytamma Wirth, Graham Burgess, Ellen Ariel

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMALS

Characterised by benign tumours, fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a debilitating disease that predominantly afflicts the endangered gre..

Ten years of ranavirus research (2010-2019): An analysis of global research trends

W Wirth, D Lesbarrères, E Ariel

Journal article  |  2021  |  Facets

Ranaviruses are large nucleocytoplasmic DNA viruses that infect ectothermic vertebrates. Here we report the results of a scientome..

Temperature-dependent infection of freshwater turtle hatchlings, emydura macquarii krefftii, inoculated with a ranavirus isolate (bohle iridovirus, iridoviridae)

W Wirth, E Ariel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Facets

Fish, amphibians, and reptiles exhibit temperature-dependent ranaviral disease. We performed an experimental infection at four dif..

Cutaneous Lesions in Freshwater Turtles (Emydura macquarii krefftii and Myuchelys latisternum) in a Rainforest Creek in North Queensland, Australia.

Wytamma Wirth, Elizabeth Elliott, Donna Rudd, Linda Hayes, Alicia Maclaine, Narges Mashkour, Shamim Ahasan, Jakob Gorm Dahl, Kezia Drane, Ellen Ariel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Front Vet Sci

Freshwater turtles inhabit most rivers and creeks on the east coast of Australia, but some species are only found in specific catc..

Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards

A Maclaine, WT Wirth, DT McKnight, GW Burgess, E Ariel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Facets

Ranaviral infections have been associated with mass mortality events in captive and wild amphibian, fish, and reptile populations ..