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Origin of measles virus: divergence from rinderpest virus between the 11(th )and 12(th )centuries

Measles, caused by measles virus (MeV), is a common infection in children. MeV is a member of the genus Morbillivirus and is most closely related to rinderpest virus (RPV), which is a pathogen of cattle. MeV is thought to have evolved in an environment where cattle and humans lived in close proximit...

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Autores principales: Furuse, Yuki, Suzuki, Akira, Oshitani, Hitoshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-7-52