hi jerry, this is very interesting..i have a few questions/comments:
1. have you looked at older samples yet to see if this virus was around, but undetected? my impression is that you are looking with much more sensitive/better equipment and methods than has been done previously. how far back have you looked?
2. wrt this virus being either being "benign, pathogenic, or something in between", i wonder. certainly we have learned that some bacteria, yeasts, molds, fungi, etc are beneficial...or even beneficial _and_ pathogenic depending on the circumstances. are viruses always either bad/benign...or are some possibly sometimes actually beneficial?
deknow
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