Zoonoses are diseases and infections naturally transmitted between humans and vertebrate
animals. Over the years, zoonoses have become increasingly significant threats to global …

An abundant and diverse collection of bacteria, fungi, and viruses inhabits the human skin.
These microorganisms vary between individuals and between different sites on the skin. The …

Porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) is clinically manifested by postweaning
multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), respiratory and enteric disease, reproductive …

Unbiased next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches enable comprehensive pathogen
detection in the clinical microbiology laboratory and have numerous applications for public …

Monitoring the emergence and re-emergence of viral diseases with the goal of containing
the spread of viral agents requires both adequate preparedness and quick response …

Metagenomics is a discipline that enables the genomic study of uncultured microorganisms.
Faster, cheaper sequencing technologies and the ability to sequence uncultured microbes …

The human skin is a complex ecosystem that hosts a heterogeneous flora. Until recently, the
diversity of the cutaneous microbiota was mainly investigated for bacteria through culture …

Although viruses comprise the most abundant genetic material in the biosphere, to date only
several thousand virus species have been formally defined. Such a limited perspective on …

Traditional pathogen detection methods in public health infectious disease surveillance rely
upon the identification of agents that are already known to be associated with a particular …

Recent advances in metagenomic sequencing have enabled discovery of diverse, distinct
microbes and viruses. Bacteriophages, the most abundant biological entity on Earth, evolve …