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Bat Flies of the Family Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) Host Relatives of Medically and Agriculturally Important “Bat-Associated” Viruses

Bat flies (Hippoboscoidea: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of bats. We collected streblid bat flies from the New World (México) and the Old World (Uganda), and used metagenomics to identify their viruses. In México, we found méjal virus (Rhabdoviridae; Vesiculo...

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Autores principales: Ramírez-Martínez, María M., Bennett, Andrew J., Dunn, Christopher D., Yuill, Thomas M., Goldberg, Tony L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8150819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066683
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13050860