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Medieval Manuscripts Reveal a 3,500-Year-Old Viral Secret Hidden in Parchment
Medieval parchment preserved two histories: the words written by scribes and the DNA of a sheep virus that had circulated for thousands of years. Animal skins used to make historic manuscripts have revealed the 3,500-year history of the sheep pox virus (SPPV). By recovering viral DNA from parchment, researchers traced the pathogen across Bronze Age [...]
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