An evolutionary divergent pestivirus lacking the Npro gene systemically infects a whale species

An evolutionary divergent pestivirus lacking the Npro gene systemically infects a whale species

ABSTRACTPestiviruses typically infect members of the order Artiodactyla, including ruminants and pigs, although putative rat and bat pestiviruses have also been described. In the present study, we identified and characterized an evolutionary divergent pestivirus in the toothed whale species, harbour...

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Main Authors: Wendy K. Jo, Cornelis van Elk, Marco van de Bildt, Peter van Run, Monique Petry, Sonja T. Jesse, Klaus Jung, Martin Ludlow, Thijs Kuiken, Albert Osterhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Pestivirus
porpoise
systemic
marine mammal
Npro
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1664940

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