How long ago did smallpox virus emerge?

Archives of Virology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1865-1871

  Shchelkunov, Sergei N ^a,b  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RODENT; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUTATION; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMALLPOX; VARIOLA VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH;

DNA VIRUSES; POXVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; VARIOLA VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76149106809     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0536-0     Document Type: Review

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