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SUBMITTER: Elsworth P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598644 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elsworth Peter P Cooke Brian D BD Kovaliski John J Sinclair Ronald R Holmes Edward C EC Strive Tanja T
Virology 20140821
The release of myxoma virus (MYXV) and Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) in Australia with the aim of controlling overabundant rabbits has provided a unique opportunity to study the initial spread and establishment of emerging pathogens, as well as their co-evolution with their mammalian hosts. In contrast to MYXV, which attenuated shortly after its introduction, rapid attenuation of RHDV has not been observed. By studying the change in virulence of recent field isolates at a single field ...[more]