Incrimination of shrews as a reservoir for Powassan virus
Incrimination of shrews as a reservoir for Powassan virus
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Powassan virus lineage 2 (deer tick virus) is an emergent threat to American public health, causing severe neurologic disease. Its life cycle in nature remains poorly understood. We use a host-specific retrotransposon-targeted real time PCR assay to test the hypothesis that white-footed mice, considered the main eastern U.S. reservoir of the coinfe...
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Incrimination of shrews as a reservoir for Powassan virus
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2399-3642
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2399-3642
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10.1038/s42003-021-02828-1
