Novel Insights on Hantavirus Evolution: The Dichotomy in Evolutionary Pressures Acting on Different Hantavirus Segments.

Hantaviruses are important emerging zoonotic pathogens. The current understanding of hantavirus evolution is complicated by the lack of consensus on co-divergence of hantaviruses with their animal hosts. In addition, hantaviruses have long-term associations with their reservoir hosts. Analyzing the...

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Main Authors: Sathish Sankar, Mohita Upadhyay, Mageshbabu Ramamurthy, Kumaran Vadivel, Kalaiselvan Sagadevan, Balaji Nandagopal, Perumal Vivekanandan, Gopalan Sridharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4508033?pdf=render