The importance of model systems: Why we study a virus on the brink of global eradication

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About the Authors

Julie K. Pfeiffer

* E-mail: Julie.Pfeiffer@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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