Analysis of the Langat Virus Genome in Persistent Infection of an Ixodes scapularis Cell Line

Tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs) cause a broad spectrum of disease manifestations ranging from asymptomatic to mild febrile illness and life threatening encephalitis. These single-stranded positive-sense (ss(+)) RNA viruses are naturally maintained in a persistent infection of ixodid ticks and small-...

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Main Authors: Mlera, Luwanika, Melik, Wessam, Offerdahl, Danielle K., Dahlstrom, Eric, Porcella, Stephen F., Bloom, Marshall E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035966/