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Domestic and wild animals have IgM antibodies which react with insect viruses. Infection by agents sharing common antigens with the insect viruses could account for this phenomenon.
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LONGWORTH, J., ROBERTSON, J., TINSLEY, T. et al. Reactions between an Insect Picornavirus and Naturally Occurring IgM Antibodies in Several Mammalian Species. Nature 242, 314–316 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242314a0
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