Short communicationMolecular evidence and high genetic diversity of shrew-borne Seewis virus in Slovenia
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia (grant no. P3-0083) and by European Commission (European Virus Archive, FP7 CAPACITIES project, GA no. 228292). No additional external funding was received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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