A new species of mesonivirus from the Northern Territory, Australia.

Here we describe Casuarina virus (CASV), a new virus in the family Mesoniviridae. This is the first report of a mesonivirus in Australia, which extends the geographical range of this virus family to 3 continents. The virus was isolated in 2010 from Coquillettidia xanthogaster mosquitoes during surve...

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Main Authors: David Warrilow, Daniel Watterson, Roy A Hall, Steven S Davis, Richard Weir, Nina Kurucz, Peter Whelan, Richard Allcock, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Caitlin A O'Brien, Jody Hobson-Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966781?pdf=render