Publication Date:
2015-09-24
Description:
Article It is unclear whether the emergence of new infectious diseases can be predicted. Here, Anthony et al . investigate viral communities in faeces of wild macaques and show that viral diversity is inherently structured, suggesting that it should be possible to forecast some changes in viral communities. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9147 Authors: Simon J. Anthony, Ariful Islam, Christine Johnson, Isamara Navarrete-Macias, Eliza Liang, Komal Jain, Peta L. Hitchens, Xiaoyu Che, Alexander Soloyvov, Allison L. Hicks, Rafael Ojeda-Flores, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Werner Ulrich, Melinda K. Rostal, Alexandra Petrosov, Joel Garcia, Najmul Haider, Nathan Wolfe, Tracey Goldstein, Stephen S. Morse, Mahmudur Rahman, Jonathan H. Epstein, Jonna K. Mazet, Peter Daszak, W. Ian Lipkin
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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