Development of a small animal model for deer tick virus pathogenesis mimicking human clinical outcome.
Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne flavivirus that encompasses two genetic lineages, POWV (Lineage I) and deer tick virus (DTV, Lineage II). In recent years, the incidence of reported POWV disease cases has increased, coupled with an expanded geographic range of the DTV tick vector, Ixodes scapul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008359 |