How viruses expand their host range: Insights from parvoviruses in domestic and wild carnivores
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Virus multiplication continually generates new variants at a rate that is much faster than their hosts. One consequence of their higher mutation rate is that many viruses can rapidly adapt to new hosts. A study published on November 6th in PLOS Pathogens reports on the systematic analysis of the host range of canine parvovirus (CPV) and reveals different factors that determine which carnivores the virus can infect.