Quasispecies and the development of new antiviral strategies.

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RNA virus populations consist of complex and dynamic mutant distributions, rather than defined genomic sequences. This feature confers great adaptability on viruses and is partly responsible for current difficulties of viral disease prevention and control. Mutant distributions, also termed mutant swarms or mutant clouds, were first proposed in a theory of molecular evolution termed quasispecies theory. The...

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