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Emergence and phylodynamics of Citrus tristeza virus in Sicily, Italy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Davino Salvatore, Willemsen Anouk, Panno Stefano, Davino Mario, Catara Antonino, Elena Santiago F, Rubio Luis
Abstract excerpt
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) outbreaks were detected in Sicily island, Italy for the first time in 2002. To gain insight into the evolutionary forces driving the emergence and phylogeography of these CTV populations, we determined and analyzed the nucleotide sequences of the p20 gene from 108 CTV isolates collected from 2002 to 2009. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis revealed that mild and severe CTV isolates...
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