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A mysterious new virus of completely unknown origin has emerged from a lake in Brazil leaving scientists ‘puzzled’.
The discovery comes amid the outbreak of a killer novel virus across the world which started in China. They sequenced the virus genome to look at its DNA, finding 74 genes in total. Only six of those had been recorded in literature before.A search of over 8,500 genetic material from across the globe in a scientific database offered no clues as to what Yaravirus might be closely related to.
For now, Yaravirus doesn’t appear to pose any threat to humans. For a start, it cannot transfer to humans – only between amoeba. Two years ago, the pair helped to discover another water-dwelling viral novelty. Tupanvirus, also named after a mythological god, was found in a lake in Brazil.But Yaravirus is a much smaller specimen, and less complex. Importantly, the scientists said, it novel.
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