上海市公共卫生临床中心取得病毒研究突破 - 2018年05月18日

AFTER years of research, local scientists have transformed the traditional understanding of the origin and evolution of RNA viruses.

These viruses, which cause many diseases in animals, humans and plants, may not have appeared as recently as was thought, the scientists discovered, after finding the same viruses in diverse vertebrates like fish and reptiles.

This means these viruses are as old as their vertebrate hosts, providing new thoughts for their study, important in the precise diagnosis and treatment of said viruses.