Viruses could be harder to kill after adapting to warm environments

ScienceDaily
Sep 2, 2020, 8:23 am114 pts
Enteroviruses and other pathogenic viruses that make their way into surface waters can be inactivated by heat, sunshine and other microbes, thereby reducing their ability to spread disease. But researchers report that global warming could cause viruses to evolve, rendering them less susceptible to these and…

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