Global discovery of human-infective RNA viruses: A modelling analysis.

RNA viruses are a leading cause of human infectious diseases and the prediction of where new RNA viruses are likely to be discovered is a significant public health concern. Here, we geocoded the first peer-reviewed reports of 223 human RNA viruses. Using a boosted regression tree model, we matched t...

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Main Authors: Feifei Zhang, Margo Chase-Topping, Chuan-Guo Guo, Bram A D van Bunnik, Liam Brierley, Mark E J Woolhouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009079