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Evolutionary ecology of virus emergence.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Feb 2017
Dennehy John J
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The cross-species transmission of viruses into new host populations, termed virus emergence, is a significant issue in public health, agriculture, wildlife management, and related fields. Virus emergence requires overlap between host populations, alterations in virus genetics to permit infection of new hosts, and adaptation to novel hosts such that between-host transmission is sustainable, all of which are the...
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