Genome characterization of Long Island tick rhabdovirus, a new virus identified in Amblyomma americanum ticks

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BACKGROUND: Ticks are implicated as hosts to a wide range of animal and human pathogens. The full range of microbes harbored by ticks has not yet been fully explored. METHODS: As part of a viral surveillance and discovery project in arthropods, we used unbiased high-throughput sequencing to examine viromes of ticks collected on Long Island, New York in 2013. RESULTS: We detected and sequenced the complete genome...

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