Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Viruses in Ocular Infections in Reindeer

A thorough understanding of virus diversity in wildlife provides epidemiological baseline information about pathogens. In this study, eye swab samples were obtained from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway during an outbreak of infectious eye disease, possibly a very ea...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Smits, S.L. (Saskia), Schapendonk, C.M.E. (Claudia), Leeuwen, M. (Marije) van, Kuiken, T. (Thijs), Bodewes, R. (Rogier), Stalin Raj, V.S., Haagmans, B.L. (Bart), das Neves, C.G. (Carlos), Tryland, M. (Morten), Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Albert)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Norway
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:http://repub.eur.nl/pub/70524
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069711
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Summary:A thorough understanding of virus diversity in wildlife provides epidemiological baseline information about pathogens. In this study, eye swab samples were obtained from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway during an outbreak of infectious eye disease, possibly a very early stage of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC). Large scale molecular virus screening, based on host nucleic acid depletion, sequence-independent

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