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Host and vector movement affects genetic diversity and spatial structure of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae).
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2008
Brown Charles R, Bomberger Brown Mary, Padhi Abinash, Foster Jerome E, Moore Amy T, Pfeffer Martin, Komar Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Determining the degree of genetic variability and spatial structure of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) may help in identifying where strains that potentially cause epidemics or epizootics occur. Genetic diversity in arboviruses is assumed to reflect relative mobility of their vertebrate hosts (and invertebrate vectors), with highly mobile hosts such as birds leading to genetic similarity of viruses over...
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