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The deduced evolution history of Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2014
Karan Liudmila S, Ciccozzi Massimo, Yakimenko Valerii V, Lo Presti Alessandra, Cella Eleonora, Zehender Gianguglielmo, Rezza Giovanni, Platonov Alexander E
Abstract excerpt
Omsk hemorrhagic fever (OHF) is a severe disease that emerged in the 1940s in Siberia, Russia. It is caused by the OHF virus (OHFV), belonging to the Flavivirus genus. In wildlife, the principal vector of OHFV is the Dermacentor reticulatus tick. However, humans are mainly infected after contact...
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