Viral Metagenomics on Animals as a Tool for the Detection of Zoonoses Prior to Human Infection?

Many human viral infections have a zoonotic, i.e., wild or domestic animal, origin. Several zoonotic viruses are transmitted to humans directly via contact with an animal or indirectly via exposure to the urine or feces of infected animals or the bite of a bloodsucking arthropod. If a virus is able...

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Main Authors: Sarah Temmam, Bernard Davoust, Jean-Michel Berenger, Didier Raoult, Christelle Desnues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/6/10377