How machine learning may help in the hunt for the source of mysterious viruses

How machine learning may help in the hunt for the source of mysterious viruses

With machine learning, researchers get new clues in the hunt for the source of mysterious viruses

By ANDREW JOSEPH

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When a new virus crops up in people, health authorities face an urgent question: Where did it come from? A new system may help point to an answer.

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