Endemicity and prevalence of multipartite viruses under heterogeneous between-host transmission.

Multipartite viruses replicate through a puzzling evolutionary strategy. Their genome is segmented into two or more parts, and encapsidated in separate particles that appear to propagate independently. Completing the replication cycle, however, requires the full genome, so that a systemic infection...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Valdano, Susanna Manrubia, Sergio Gómez, Alex Arenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6438571?pdf=render