Molecular-genetic characterization of the bhanja virus (BHAV) and the razdan virus (RAZV) (bunyaviridae, phlebovirus) isolated from the ixodes ticks rhipicephalus bursa (Canestrini and Fanzago, 1878) and dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) in transcaucasus

Voprosy Virusologii

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 14-19

  Alkhovsky, S V ^a   Lvov, D K ^a   Shchelkanov, M Yu ^a   Shchetinin, A M ^a   Krasnoslobodtsev, K G ^a   Deryabin, P G ^a   Samokhvalov, E I ^a   Botikov, A G ^a   Zakaryan, V A ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; BHA V; Bhanja virus; Bunyaviridae; Phlebovirus; Razdan virus; RAZV

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BHANJA VIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

EID: 84885925285     PISSN: 05074088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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