Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents

Peter J. Kerr; Elodie Ghedin; Jay V. DePasse; Adam Fitch; Isabella M. Cattadori; Peter J. Hudson; David C. Tscharke; Andrew F. Read; Edward C. Holmes

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002950

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Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents

Peter J. Kerr,

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Elodie Ghedin,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jay V. DePasse,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Adam Fitch,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Isabella M. Cattadori,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Peter J. Hudson,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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David C. Tscharke,

Affiliation Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Andrew F. Read,

Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Edward C. Holmes

* E-mail: ech15@psu.edu

Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Evolutionary History and Attenuation of Myxoma Virus on Two Continents

Peter J. Kerr,
Elodie Ghedin,
Jay V. DePasse,
Adam Fitch,
Isabella M. Cattadori,
Peter J. Hudson,
David C. Tscharke,
Andrew F. Read,
Edward C. Holmes

Published: October 4, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002950

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