Serology unveils decades-long contact of the Iberian hare,Lepus granatensis, with myxoma or antigenically-related virus
Short title: Serologic myxoma virus retrospective in Iberian hare
Fábio A. Abade dos Santos1,2,3 *, Nuno Santos4 *, Carina L. Carvalho1, Mónica Martinez5, Christian Gortázar6, Ignacio García-Bocanegra7, Margarida Duarte1,2*, Paulo Célio Alves4,8,9*
* Equally contributing authors
1 INIAV, IP. National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinarian Research. Av. da República, 2780-143 Oeiras, Portugal
2 CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Lisbon, Avenida da Universidade Técnica 1300-477 Lisboa. Portugal
3 Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias (IUBA), Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
4 CIBIO-InBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Vairão, Portugal
5 Instituto Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario y Forestal (IRIAF). Centro de Investigación Agroambiental El Chaparrillo, Ciudad Real, Spain
6 SaBio Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (UCLM & CSIC), Ciudad Real, Spain
7 Animal Health Department, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
8 Dep. Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
9 Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, USA