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Ecological divergence of two sympatric lineages of Buggy Creek virus, an arbovirus associated with birds.
Ecology - 1 Nov 2009
Brown Charles R, Padhi Abinash, Moore Amy T, Brown Mary Bomberger, Foster Jerome E, Pfeffer Martin, O'Brien Valerie A, Komar Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Most arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) show distinct serological subtypes or evolutionary lineages, with the evolution of different strains often assumed to reflect differences in ecological selection pressures. Buggy Creek virus (BCRV) is an unusual RNA virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) that is associated primarily with a cimicid swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius) as its vector and the Cliff Swallow...
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