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Arenavirus Quasispecies and Their Biological Implications.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2016
Grande-Pérez Ana, Martin Veronica, Moreno Hector, de la Torre Juan C
Abstract excerpt
The family Arenaviridae currently comprises over 20 viral species, each of them associated with a main rodent species as the natural reservoir and in one case possibly phyllostomid bats. Moreover, recent findings have documented a divergent group of arenaviruses in captive alethinophidian snakes. Human infections occur through mucosal exposure to aerosols or by direct contact of abraded skin with infectious...
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