MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Closest relatives of poxviruses replicate in the digestive system of humans and animals worldwide
Morgan Gaïa, Ulysse Guyet, Hans‐Joachim Ruscheweyh…·Tom O. Delmont
The paper discovers a new group of DNA viruses, egoviruses, found in the digestive systems of humans and animals, closely related to poxviruses and suggesting an evolutionary link between gut-infecting viruses and animal pathogens.
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