The history of measles: from a 1912 genome to an antique origin
A. Duex, S. Lequime, L. V. Patrono, B. Vrancken, S. Boral, J. F. Gogarten, A. Hilbig, D. Horst, K. Merkel, B. Prepoint, S. Santibanez, J. Schlotterbeck, M. A. Suchard, M. Ulrich, N. Widulin, , S. Calvignac-Spencer
The paper sequences a 1912 measles virus genome and uses molecular clock modeling to estimate measles virus divergence from rinderpest virus as early as the 4th century BCE.
bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology