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THE LEECH AS A POTENTIAL VIRUS RESERVOIR

Leeches, fed on swine infected with hog cholera, contained virus for as long as 87 days after their infective blood meals. In three instances, infected leeches apparently transmitted hog cholera virus to susceptible swine in the process of normal feeding. Myxoma virus persisted in leeches for as lon...

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Autor principal: Shope, Richard E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1957
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13416474