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Murine cytomegalovirus is not restricted to the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus: prevalence and genetic diversity in the European house mouse hybrid zone.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2015
Goüy de Bellocq Joëlle, Baird Stuart J E, Albrechtová Jana, Sobeková Karolína, Piálek Jaroslav
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is a betaherpesvirus of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus. It is a common infectious agent of wild mice and a highly studied pathogen of the laboratory mouse. Betaherpesviruses are specific to their hosts, and it is not known if other Mus taxa carry MCMV or if it is restricted to M. m. domesticus. We sampled mice over a 145-km transect of Bavaria-Bohemia crossing a...
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