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Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Social insects host a diversity of viruses. We examined New Zealand populations of the globally widely distributed invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) for RNA viruses. We used metatranscriptomic analysis, which identified six potential novel viruses in the Dicistroviridae family. Of these, t...

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Autores principales: Gruber, Monica A. M., Cooling, Meghan, Baty, James W., Buckley, Kevin, Friedlander, Anna, Quinn, Oliver, Russell, Jessica F. E. J., Sébastien, Alexandra, Lester, Philip J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03508-z