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Once it's eradicated what are the chances it has a resurgence vs is gone for good? Can it have a resurgence?
by hanniabu 7y ago
Once it's eradicated what are the chances it has a resurgence vs is gone for good? Can it have a resurgence?
- justin66 7y agoOnce it's gone, it's gone for good. It can cross the species barrier between us and monkeys, but monkeys have never been found to be natural hosts of the virus.
- ovi256 7y agoThe other answer has covered resurgence from natural reservoirs. I'll cover man-made resurgence. There are copies of it in all major countries' virology labs. Furthermore, it can be synthetised from scratch since 2002, see NYT. NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/us/traces-of-terror-the-science-scientists-create-a-live-polio-virus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/us/traces-of-terror-the-s...