Newly discovered 'multicomponent' virus can infect animals

Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 14:31 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have identified a new 'multicomponent' virus --one containing different segments of genetic material in separate particles -- that can infect animals. This new pathogen was isolated from several species of mosquitoes in Central and South America. GCXV does not appear to infect mammals; however, the team also isolated a related virus, Jingmen tick virus, from a nonhuman primate.

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