Pioneering study of invertebrates discovers 1,445 viruses including several new families
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
A groundbreaking study of the virosphere of the most populous animals - those without backbones such as insects, spiders and worms and that live around our houses - has uncovered 1445 viruses, revealing people have only scratched the surface of the world of viruses - but it is likely that only a few cause disease.