Viral metagenomics reveals the presence of highly divergent quaranjavirus in Rhipicephalus ticks from Mozambique

Viral metagenomics reveals the presence of highly divergent quaranjavirus in Rhipicephalus ticks from Mozambique

Background: Ticks are primary vectors for many well-known disease-causing agents that affect human and animal populations globally such as tick-borne encephalitis, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and African swine fever. In this study, viral metagenomics was used to identify what viruses are present...

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Main Authors: Harindranath Cholleti, Juliette Hayer, Fernando Chanisso Mulandane, Kerstin Falk, Jose Fafetine, Mikael Berg, Anne-Lie Blomström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
Subjects:
Ticks
arthropods
Rhipicephalus
quaranjavirus
viral metagenomics
Mozambique
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1478585

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