Closest relatives of poxviruses replicate in the digestive system of humans and animals worldwide
Morgan Gaïa, Ulysse Guyet, Hans‐Joachim Ruscheweyh, A. Murat Eren, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eugene V. Koonin, Mart Krupovìč, Tom O. Delmont
The paper discovers a new group of DNA viruses, egoviruses, found in the digestive systems of humans and animals, closely related to poxviruses and suggesting an evolutionary link between gut-infecting viruses and animal pathogens.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology