17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox
Using ancient DNA sequences of variola virus recovered from the mummified remains of a 17th century child, Duggan et al. reconstruct the evolutionary history of smallpox. With the ancient strain, the genetic diversification of the smallpox virus is found to be more recent than previously supposed and concurrent with the onset of widespread vaccination.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca
17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox
Source: Viral Bioinformatics
