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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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Autores principales: Ferrari, Giada, Neukamm, Judith, Baalsrud, Helle T., Breidenstein, Abagail M., Ravinet, Mark, Phillips, Carina, Rühli, Frank, Bouwman, Abigail, Schuenemann, Verena J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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