Genomic and immunogenic changes of Piscine novirhabdovirus (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus) over its evolutionary history in the Laurentian Great Lakes

• Megan D. Niner ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ MDN and CAS are Joint First Authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Carol A. Stepien ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cstepien@uw.edu, Stepien.carol@gmail.com

  ¶‡ MDN and CAS are Joint First Authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Genetics and Genomics Group, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5544-4333

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• Bartolomeo Gorgoglione,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, CVM, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, CANR—Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9458-6249

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• Douglas W. Leaman

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

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