TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A dead virus was reactivated, after spending the last 30,000 years buried in permafrost layer at northeast of Siberia. The virus, however, is not a real threat for mankind.
Live Science reported the virus is larger than any other viruses. It infects only amoeba and other single-cell microscopic organism.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal mentioned the virus was discovered 10 years ago in Siberia. Bio-informatic scientist Jean-Michel Claverie from Aix-Marseille University conducted a research upon it, ending up in 'ressurecting' the virus.
Other scientists, however, stated their concern that the now-active can infect human and spread plague. They also assumed that global warming might help trigger such activation process, releasing a number of long-dead viruses.
ANINGTIAS JATMIKA | LIVE SCIENCE
