Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE

Authors: Ariane Düx, Sebastian Lequime, Livia Victoria Patrono, Bram Vrancken, Sengül Boral, Jan F. Gogarten, Antonia Hilbig, David Horst, Kevin Merkel, Baptiste Prepoint, Sabine Santibanez, Jasmin Schlotterbeck, Marc A. Suchard, Markus Ulrich, Navena Widulin, Annette Mankertz, Fabian H. Leendertz, Kyle Harper, Thomas Schnalke, Philippe Lemey, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer

Published: 2020-06-18

DOI: 10.1126/science.aba9411

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Older origins of measles virus