Global genetic diversity of small ruminant lentiviruses, and a hypothesis regarding their pandemic spread.
Maria-Luisa Carrozza, Anna-Maria Niewiadomska, Maurizio Mazzei, Mounir R. Abi-Said, Stéphane Hué, Joshua B. Singer, Joseph Hughes, Robert J. Gifford
This study investigates the origins and spread of small ruminant lentiviruses using genomic data, finding no clear evidence that the Fertile Crescent was the pandemic origin but suggesting historical breed exports may have contributed to disease emergence.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology