Viruses are real, virus species are man-made, taxonomic constructions

Archives of Virology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2481-2488

  Van Regenmortel, M H V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; VIRUS;

TERMINOLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 0347253656     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-003-0246-y     Document Type: Note

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