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The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses

2010-04-20

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This impressive monograph by Edward Holmes opens with a quotation from La Peste, by Albert Camus: “Everyone knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a blue sky.” This apt quotation might lead the reader to believe that the evolution and emergence of RNA viruses in causing new diseases would be discussed, but in fac...

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Literature Corpus work: b1d348f9-ba35-5b3b-bd70-078daa83521e
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.100164

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