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Analysis of the complete genome of the tick-borne flavivirus Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus.
Virology - 15 Aug 2003
Lin Di, Li Li, Dick Daryl, Shope Robert E, Feldmann Heinz, Barrett Alan D T, Holbrook Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus (OHF) is a tick-borne flavivirus endemic to Western Siberia. This virus is the only known tick-borne flavivirus to cause hemorrhagic disease in humans in the absence of encephalitis. OHF virus circulates within a small, defined niche in which other tick-borne complex flaviviruses are also present. The objectives of this study were to genetically classify OHF virus based on its...
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