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Calisher, C.H., Horzinek, M.C., Mayo, M.A. et al. Sequence analyses and a unifying system of virus taxonomy: consensus via consent. Archives of Virology 140, 2093–2099 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01322696
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