Cytomegalovirus in the Submandibular and Sublingual Glands of the Southern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys torridus torridus)

Abstract

The infection observed within the submandibular and sublingual glands of the grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus torridus, is a cytoinegalovirus.

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