Neolithic and medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of hepatitis B

Neolithic and medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of hepatitis B

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most widespread human pathogens known today, yet its origin and evolutionary history are still unclear and controversial. Here, we report the analysis of three ancient HBV genomes recovered from human skeletons found at three different archaeological sites i...

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Main Authors: Ben Krause-Kyora, Julian Susat, Felix M Key, Denise Kühnert, Esther Bosse, Alexander Immel, Christoph Rinne, Sabin-Christin Kornell, Diego Yepes, Sören Franzenburg, Henrike O Heyne, Thomas Meier, Sandra Lösch, Harald Meller, Susanne Friederich, Nicole Nicklisch, Kurt W Alt, Stefan Schreiber, Andreas Tholey, Alexander Herbig, Almut Nebel, Johannes Krause
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-05-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
hepatitis B
virus evolution
ancient DNA
human evolution
ancient pathogens
next generation sequencing
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/36666

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