Assessing the epidemic potential of RNA and DNA viruses

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2037-2044

  Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a   Brierley, Liam ^a   McCaffery, Chris ^a   Lycett, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARENAVIRIDAE; ARTERIVIRIDAE; ARTICLE; ASFARVIRIDAE; BIRNAVIRIDAE; BORNAVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORONAVIRIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA VIRUS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FILOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REOVIRIDAE; RHABDOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RISK; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RISK; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84995920420     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160123     Document Type: Article

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