Persistent Reptarenavirus and Hartmanivirus Infection in Cultured Boid Cells

ABSTRACT Mammarenaviruses establish a persistent infection in their rodent and bat hosts, and the evidence suggests that reptarenaviruses and hartmaniviruses found in captive snakes act similarly. In snakes, reptarenaviruses cause boid inclusion body disease (BIBD), which is often associated with se...

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Main Authors: Annika Lintala, Leonora Szirovicza, Anja Kipar, Udo Hetzel, Jussi Hepojoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01585-22