Zúñiga CIR, Caro LJ

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Bourbon virus belongs to the genus Thogotovirus (THOV) of the Orthomyxoviridae family, the name of the virus was proposed in 2014 after an outbreak that caused the death of a patient in Bourbon County, in the State of Kansas, USA. They are transmitted by a variety of hard-bodied as well as soft-bodied species of ticks. Animals that can serve as reservoirs include: domestic cat, domestic dog, mountain rabbit, squirrel, horse, raccoon, opossum and white-tailed deer.

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