Editor's Note:
This is the second installment of the Medscape Awards in Infectious Diseases, a series that honors the greatest achievements in the field of infectious diseases during 1980-2012. In this article, John G. Bartlett, MD, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, offers his choice for the most important virus discovered since 1980.
Category: Virus
Candidates for the Most Important Discovery of a New Virus: 1980-2012
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