Stone Age hepatitis B virus decoded
Study recovers oldest viral genomes, and shows the hepatitis B virus has been circulating in Europe for at least 7,000 years
Date:
May 10, 2018
Source:
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Summary:
Scientists have successfully reconstructed genomes from Stone Age and Medieval European strains of the hepatitis B virus. This unprecedented recovery of ancient virus DNA indicates that hepatitis B was circulating in Europe at least 7,000 years ago.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180510081546.htm
