Ball python nidovirus: A candidate etiologic agent for severe respiratory disease in Python regius

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Stenglein, Mark D ^a   Jacobson, Elliott R ^b   Wozniak, Edward J ^c   Wellehan, James F X ^b   Kincaid, Anne ^d   Gordon, Marcus ^e   Porter, Brian F ^f   Baumgartner, Wes ^g   Stahl, Scott ^h   Kelley, Karen ⁱ   Towner, Jonathan S ^j   DeRisi, Joseph L ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e Mayfair Animal Hospital and Emergency Services   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Stahl Exotic Animal Veterinary Services   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALL PYTHON NIDOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NIDOVIRALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYTHON REGIUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BOIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIDOVIRALES INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

PYTHON REGIUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIDOVIRALES; NIDOVIRALES INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRION;

EID: 84908409035     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01484-14     Document Type: Article

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