Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2002
Department
Plant Sciences
Abstract
Two novel rhabdoviruses were isolated from birds during surveillance for arboviral encephalitis in the northeastern United States. The first, designated Farmington virus, is a tentative new member of the Vesiculovirus genus. The second, designated Rhode Island virus, is unclassified antigenically, but its ultrastructure and size are more similar to those of some of the plant rhabdoviruses. Both viruses infect birds and mice, as well as monkey kidney cells in culture, but their importance for human health is unknown.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Travassos da Rosa, A. P., Mather, T. N., Takeda, T., Whitehouse, C. A., Shope, R. E., Popov, V. L....Tesh, R. B. (2002). Two New Rhabdoviruses (Rhabdoviridae) Isolated from Birds During Surveillance for Arboviral Encephalitis, Northeastern United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(6), 616-618. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0806.010384
Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0806.010384
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