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spacehome on Oct 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Ebola Wars

Yes. I wonder if being so incredibly small means that replication is more efficient and intense and is therefore a strong factor behind why it's so virulent.

harshreality on Oct 20, 2014 [–]

I don't think that's the most important factor. Influenza, along with ebola and rabies, is small, while smallpox is big.

http://www.lehigh.edu/~jas0/viralgenomes.html

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