The metagenomic approach and causality in virology


Autoria(s): Castrignano,Silvana Beres; Nagasse-Sugahara,Teresa Keico
Data(s)

01/01/2015

Resumo

Nowadays, the metagenomic approach has been a very important tool in the discovery of new viruses in environmental and biological samples. Here we discuss how these discoveries may help to elucidate the etiology of diseases and the criteria necessary to establish a causal association between a virus and a disease.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100502

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo

Fonte

Revista de Saúde Pública v.49 2015

Palavras-Chave #Metagenomics #Viruses #Virology #Communicable Diseases, etiology #Causality #Koch’s Postulates
Tipo

journal article