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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Main Authors: André C. Pimentel, Camila S. Beraldo, Rodrigo Cogni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2020-11-01
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