The Re-Emergence of H1N1 Influenza Virus in 1977: A Cautionary Tale for Estimating Divergence Times Using Biologically Unrealistic Sampling Dates

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About the Authors

Joel O. Wertheim

* E-mail: jwertheim@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Conceived and designed the experiments: JOW. Performed the experiments: JOW. Analyzed the data: JOW. Wrote the paper: JOW.

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Influenza A virus
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