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Evidence for the Existence of Latent Myxoma Virus in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.))

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STUDIES carried out at Urana, New South Wales, from 1950 to 19531 showed that the pattern of myxomatosis epidemiology in Australia consists of regular, summer mosquito-borne epizootics, in which most susceptible animals are infected and a large percentage die. Recent studies(unpublished results of R. T. W. and I. P.) indicate a much reduced case mortality rate but a similar epidemiology.

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    R. T. WILLIAMS, J. D. DUNSMORE & I. PARER

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WILLIAMS, R., DUNSMORE, J. & PARER, I. Evidence for the Existence of Latent Myxoma Virus in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)). Nature 238, 99–101 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238099a0

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