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Variola virus genome sequenced from an eighteenth-century museum specimen supports the recent origin of smallpox
Smallpox, caused by the variola virus (VARV), was a highly virulent disease with high mortality rates causing a major threat for global human health until its successful eradication in 1980. Despite previously published historic and modern VARV genomes, its past dissemination and diversity remain de...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7702794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33012235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0572 |