Co-infecting Reptarenaviruses Can Be Vertically Transmitted in Boa Constrictor

Boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) is an often fatal disease affecting mainly constrictor snakes. BIBD has been associated with infection, and more recently with coinfection, by various reptarenavirus species (family Arenaviridae). Thus far BIBD has only been reported in captive snakes, and neither...

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Published in:	PLoS pathogens Vol. 13; no. 1; p. e1006179
Main Authors:	Keller, Saskia, Hetzel, Udo, Sironen, Tarja, Korzyukov, Yegor, Vapalahti, Olli, Kipar, Anja, Hepojoki, Jussi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Abortion Acids Animals Arenaviridae Infections - transmission Arenaviridae Infections - virology Arenavirus - genetics Arenaviruses Biology and Life Sciences Boidae - virology Coinfection Disease transmission Diseases Embryos Funding Genes Genomes High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Immunohistochemistry Inclusion Bodies, Viral Infections Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Light Medicine and Health Sciences Offspring Pathology Phylogeny Pythons Research and Analysis Methods Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA polymerase RNA, Viral - analysis Snakes Veterinary medicine Virology Viruses Switzerland Finland
ISSN:	1553-7374, 1553-7366, 1553-7374
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