Emergence of a bufonid herpesvirus in a population of the common toad
(Bufo bufo) in Germany
Abstract
Bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) was initially described in 2018 from cases
of severe dermatitis in Swiss populations of the common toad (Bufo
bufo). We identified a closely related herpes virus strain in a German
toad population affected by an epidemic of multifocal proliferative to
ulcerative dermatitis.