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Coltivirus is a genus of viruses (belonging to the Reoviridae family) that infects vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. It includes the causative agent of Colorado tick fever.[1]
It is carried by rodents transferred to humans through tick bites. It affects hikers or campers and endemic to Rocky Mountains. Causes fever, myalgias, ocular,pain, headache.
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- ^ Attoui H, Charrel RN, Billoir F, Cantaloube JF, de Micco P, de Lamballerie X (1998). "Comparative sequence analysis of American, European and Asian isolates of viruses in the genus Coltivirus". J. Gen. Virol. 79 ( Pt 10): 2481–9. PMID 9780055.
