What is it about?
The relationship between viruses that are identified or not as agents of diseases may look uncertain. It can best be resolved within the framework of a virus taxonomy that is based on a concept of species and using analysis of genome sequences. This short opinion article calls for species to be recognized as the primary subjects of virology, to parallel a practice common elsewhere in biology
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Why is it important?
Recognizing virus species as the primary subjects of virology will embrace the major tenet of biology. It will improve connection between the studies of natural virus variation, cross-host transmission, pathogenicity, biome characterization, and exploration of the biosphere.
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This page is a summary of: Recognizing species as a new focus of virus research, PLoS Pathogens, March 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009318.
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