Host-shift as the cause of emerging infectious diseases: Experimental approaches using Drosophila-virus interactions
Abstract Host shifts, when a cross-species transmission of a pathogen can lead to successful infections, are the main cause of emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. A complex challenge faced by the scientific community is to address the factors that determine whether the cross-species tran...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2020-11-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572021000200302&tlng=en |