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cotton rat
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Noun1.cotton rat - destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
Sigmodon hispidus
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
genus Sigmodon, Sigmodon - American cotton rats


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Replication of the virus in infected lung was also experimentally shown in mice and cotton rats (28).
Human metapneumovirus in Turkey poults by Halvorson, David A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Last spring, Crystal reported using an altered cold virus to insert a healthy human CFTR gene into the lung cells of three cotton rats (SN: 3/2/91, p.
CF gene therapy on horizon by Science News
However, none of these studies of spiny and cotton rats has investigated the clinical or histopathologic manifestations of VEEV infection in these reservoir rodents.
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection of spiny rats by Weaver, Scott C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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