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An African Tick Flavivirus Forming an Independent Clade Exhibits Unique Exoribonuclease-Resistant RNA Structures in the Genomic 3′-Untranslated Region
2020-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs) infect mammalian hosts through tick bites and can cause various serious illnesses, such as encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers, both in humans and animals. Despite their importance to public health, there is limited epidemiological information on TBFV infection in Africa is limited. Herein, we report that a novel flavivirus, Mpulungu flavivirus (MPFV), was discovered in a Rhipicepha...
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- Literature Corpus work
- dcaaa896-068d-5062-939a-160d8d30a01f
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-107044/v1
