Flavivirus Infection of <italic toggle="yes">Ixodes scapularis</italic> (Black-Legged Tick) <italic toggle="yes">Ex Vivo</italic> Organotypic Cultures and Applications for Disease Control

ABSTRACT Ixodes scapularis ticks transmit many infectious agents that cause disease, including tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs). TBFV infections cause thousands of human encephalitis cases worldwide annually. In the United States, human TBFV infections with Powassan virus (POWV) are increasing and ha...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M. Grabowski, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin, Dan Long, Dana P. Scott, Rebecca Rosenke, Tom G. Schwan, Luwanika Mlera, Danielle K. Offerdahl, Alexander G. Pletnev, Marshall E. Bloom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-09-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01255-17