Article
Molecular biology and genetic diversity of Rift Valley fever virus.
Antiviral research - 1 Sept 2012
Ikegami Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus, is the causative agent of Rift Valley fever (RVF), a mosquito-borne disease of ruminant animals and humans. The generation of a large sequence database has facilitated studies of the evolution and spread of the virus. Bayesian analyses indicate that currently circulating strains of RVFV are descended from an ancestral species...
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