Mitigating the threat of emerging infectious diseases; a coevolutionary perspective
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چکیده
“Nothing in biology makes sense except the light of evolution”[1] and this is no less true for viral pathogens than it their host species. To appreciate full extent challenges ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Virulence
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2150-5594', '2150-5608']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1920741