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EARLIER I reported1 the isolation from opossums of two distinct new disease agents belonging to the lymphogranuloma-psittacosis group (PLGV), designated them opossum viruses A and B, and described studies with opossum virus A (OVA). This communication reports investigations with opossum virus B (OVB), by the same procedures used with OVA.
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ROCA-GARCIA, M. Viruses of the Lymphogranuloma–Psittacosis Group isolated from Opossums: Opossum Virus B. Nature 213, 502–503 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213502a0
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