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* “Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day,” Jim Robbins, New York Times, April 13, 2018.
* “Welcome to the Virosphere,” Johnathan R. Goodman, New Scientist, January 11, 2020.
* Robbins, op. cit.
* “An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness,” Rafi Letzter, Live Science, February 2, 2018.
* “Forever in Chains: The Tragic History of Congo,” Paul Vallely, Independent, July 28, 2006.
* Robert Edgerton, The Troubled Heart of Africa: A History of the Congo (St. Martin’s Press, 2002), p. 137.
* Vallely, op. cit.
* Ibid.
* Edgerton, op.cit., p. 143.
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* “Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day,” Jim Robbins, New York Times, April 13, 2018.
* “Welcome to the Virosphere,” Johnathan R. Goodman, New Scientist, January 11, 2020.
* Robbins, op. cit.
* “An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness,” Rafi Letzter, Live Science, February 2, 2018.
* “Forever in Chains: The Tragic History of Congo,” Paul Vallely, Independent, July 28, 2006.
* Robert Edgerton, The Troubled Heart of Africa: A History of the Congo (St. Martin’s Press, 2002), p. 137.
* Vallely, op. cit.
* Ibid.
* Edgerton, op.cit., p. 143.
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