Virology: The virus whose family expanded.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/498310b and PMC identifier 7095075.
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Abstract
The discovery of many new species of hepaciviruses and pegiviruses, which exhibit enormous genetic diversity, in wild rodent and bat populations might help us to understand the origins of the hepatitis C virus.
Medical subject headings
- Chiroptera
- Hepacivirus
- Rodentia
- Zoonoses