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  • Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in Ixodes ricinus in Belgium.

Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in Ixodes ricinus in Belgium.

Genome announcements (2017-05-27)
Bert Vanmechelen, Lies Laenen, Valentijn Vergote, Piet Maes
ABSTRACT

We report here the draft genome of a novel nairovirus, Grotenhout virus, isolated from deer ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in Belgium. The genome consists of two segments, L and S, and is most similar to the tick-borne South Bay virus, with amino acid identities ranging from 60 to 64%.

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Complete Whole Transcriptome Amplification Kit, DNA polymerase included, Complete Kit with optimized enzyme to amplify total RNA in <4 hours, no 3′ bias