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Ancient Genomes From 2,500-Year-Old-Skeleton Offer First Proof Of Humanity's Long History With Herpes

Herpesviruses and humans are old companions. To help uncover our relationship with this ubiquitous gang of viruses, ...
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Ancient skeletons reveal viruses embedded in human DNA

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...