Detection of recombinant Hare Myxoma Virus in wild rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus)</i>

Detection of recombinant Hare Myxoma Virus in wild rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus)</i>

In late 2018, an epidemic myxomatosis outbreak emerged on the Iberian Peninsula leading to high mortality in Iberian hare populations. A recombinant Myxoma virus (strains MYXV-Tol and ha-MYXV) was rapidly identified, harbouring a 2.8 kbp insertion containing evolved duplicates of M060L, M061L, M064L...

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Main Authors: Fábio A. Abade dos Santos, Carina L. Carvalho, Andreia Pinto, Ranjit Rai, Madalena Monteiro, Paulo Carvalho, Paula Mendonça, Maria C. Peleteiro, Francisco Parra, Margarida D. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
myxomatosis
recombinant myxoma virus
ha-MYXV
European rabbit
<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus</i>
species jump
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/10/1127

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