Bones hold the key to DNA virus history and epidemiology
Bones hold the key to DNA virus history and epidemiology
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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DNA in human skeletal remains represents an important historical source of host genomic information and potentially of infecting viruses. However, little is known about viral persistence in bone. We searched ca. 70-year-old long bones of putative Finnish casualties from World War II for parvovirus B19 (B19V) DNA and found a remarkable prevalence of...
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Bones hold the key to DNA virus history and epidemiology
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4661702
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4661702
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/srep17226
