Recognizing species as a new focus of virus research

Alexander E. Gorbalenya; Stuart G. Siddell

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009318

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Recognizing species as a new focus of virus research

Alexander E. Gorbalenya ,

* E-mail: a.e.gorbalenya@lumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4967-7341

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Stuart G. Siddell

Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8702-7868

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Recognizing species as a new focus of virus research

Alexander E. Gorbalenya,
Stuart G. Siddell

Published: March 4, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009318

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