| a novel virus of the genus cilevirus causing symptoms similar to citrus leprosis. | citrus leprosis in colombia was previously shown to be caused by cytoplasmic citrus leprosis virus (cilv-c). in 2011, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr)-based diagnostic methods failed to identify cilv-c from citrus samples with symptoms similar to citrus leprosis; however, virions similar to cilv-c were observed in the cytoplasm of the symptomatic leaves by transmission electron microscopy. furthermore, the causal organism was transmit ... | 2013 | 23268581 |