Incrimination of shrews as a reservoir for Powassan virus

Goethert and colleagues use a host-specific retrotransposon targeted real time PCR assay on questing nymphal ticks to identify a reservoir for Powassan virus lineage 2 (or deer tick virus). Infected ticks were found to have preferentially fed on shrews, as opposed to white-footed mice as was expecte...

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Autores principales: Heidi K. Goethert, Thomas N. Mather, Richard W. Johnson, Sam R. Telford
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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