Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
For pet's sake: Discovering a naturally occurring zebrafish virus.
- Journal:
- PLoS biology
- Year:
- 2024
- Authors:
- Virgo, Mollie et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology · United Kingdom
Abstract
Zebrafish are often used to model host-pathogen interactions, but few models of natural virus infection have been established. A new study in PLOS Biology shows that metatranscriptomics and cohousing experiments can uncover a natural pathogenic virus of zebrafish for laboratory study.
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