Reptarenavirus S Segment RNA Levels Correlate with the Presence of Inclusion Bodies and the Number of L Segments in Snakes with Reptarenavirus Infection—Lessons Learned from a Large Breeding Colony

Reptarenavirus S Segment RNA Levels Correlate with the Presence of Inclusion Bodies and the Number of L Segments in Snakes with Reptarenavirus Infection—Lessons Learned from a Large Breeding Colony

ABSTRACT Reptarenaviruses cause boid inclusion body disease (BIBD), a fatal disease particularly impacting captive boa constrictor collections. The development of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (IBs) comprising reptarenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) in many cell types of affected snakes is characteristic o...

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Main Authors: Tanja Thiele, Francesca Baggio, Barbara Prähauser, Andres Ruiz Subira, Eleni Michalopoulou, Anja Kipar, Udo Hetzel, Jussi Hepojoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
arenavirus
boid inclusion body disease
coinfection
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05065-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05065-22

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