“We know that those non-dangerous viruses are alive there, which probably is telling us that the dangerous kind that may infect humans and animals -- that we think were eradicated from the surface of Earth -- are actually still present and eventually viable, in the ground,” Claverie said. With climate change making northern reaches more accessible, the chance of disturbing dormant human pathogens increases, the researchers concluded.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:43:08 +0000
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