Background The world is currently witnessing a major devastating pandemic of Coronavirus
disease-2019 (COVID-19). This disease is caused by a novel coronavirus named Severe …

Next generation sequencing is in the process of evolving from a technology used for
research purposes to one which is applied in clinical diagnostics. Recently introduced high …

Genome-based phylogeny plays a central role in the future taxonomy and phylogenetics of
Bacteria and Archaea by replacing 16S rRNA gene phylogeny. The concatenated core gene …

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large icosahedral DNA virus which replicates
predominantly in the cytoplasm of infected cells. The ASFV double-stranded DNA genome …

Next-generation high throughput sequencing technologies became available at the onset of
the 21st century. They provide a highly efficient, rapid, and low cost DNA sequencing …

RNA viruses exist as genetically diverse populations. It is thought that diversity and genetic
structure of viral populations determine the rapid adaptation observed in RNA viruses and …

Mosquitoes harbor a high diversity of RNA viruses, including many that impact human
health. Despite a growing effort to describe the extent and nature of the mosquito virome …

The emergence of multiple strains of bluetongue virus (BTV) and the recent discovery of
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Europe have highlighted the fact that exotic Culicoides-borne …

Highlights•Pathogen discovery is critically important to infectious diseases and public
health.•Nearly all new outbreaks are caused by the emergence of novel viruses.•Genomic …

Viruses are ubiquitous in the environment. While many impart no deleterious effects on their
hosts, several are major pathogens. This risk of pathogenicity, alongside the fact that many …