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Eel Virus (Berlin) is associated with the occurrence of skin tumors in European eels. The genome of the virus consists of two segments of double-stranded (ds) RNA. The agent is assembled exclusively in the cytoplasm. Isometric particles with a diameter of 61 nm and in addition tubular structures and smaller particles were observed. The virion has a single shell: its capsid is composed of 132 interconnected morphological units with T=13 dextro symmetry. According to particle size and bipartite nature of the genome, this virus has to be assigned to the tentatively proposed group of bisegmented ds RNA animal viruses.
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Schwanz-Pfitzner, I., Özel, M., Darai, G. et al. Morphogenesis and fine structure of Eel Virus (Berlin), a member of the proposed birnavirus group. Archives of Virology 81, 151–162 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309304
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