Mosquito-independent milk-associated transmission of zoonotic Wesselsbron virus in sheep.
Wesselsbron virus (WSLV) is a zoonotic, mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, causing abortions and stillbirths in small ruminants. The life cycle of WSLV involves Aedes mosquitoes and various wildlife and domestic animals. Seminal studies in the 1950s have shown the zoonotic...
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| Main Authors: | Marta Zimoch, Llorenç Grau-Roma, Matthias Liniger, Noelle Donzé, Aurélie Godel, Damián Escribano, Bettina Salome Trüeb, Paraskevi Pramateftaki, Sergi Torres-Puig, José Joaqín Cerón, Volker Thiel, Jörg Jores, Artur Summerfield, Nicolas Ruggli, Charaf Benarafa, Obdulio García-Nicolás |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2024-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012751 |
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