Over the past decade, researchers have begun to characterize viral diversity using
metagenomic methods. These studies have shown that viruses, the majority of which infect …

Despite their small size and limited protein-coding capacity, the rapid evolution rates of
single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses have led to their emergence as serious plant and …

Anelloviruses are small negative-sense single-stranded DNA viruses with genomes ranging
in size from 1.6 to 3.9 kb. The family Anelloviridae comprised 14 genera before the present …

Deep sequencing of untreated sewage provides an opportunity to monitor enteric infections
in large populations and for high-throughput viral discovery. A metagenomics analysis of …

Viral metagenomics, or shotgun sequencing of purified viral particles, has revolutionized the
field of environmental virology by allowing the exploration of viral communities in a variety of …

We are in unprecedented times with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has
impacted public health, the economy and our society on a global scale. In addition, the …

Diverse coronavirus (CoV) strains can infect both humans and animals and produce various
diseases. CoVs have caused three epidemics and pandemics in the last two decades, and …

Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are economically important pathogens of plants and
animals, and are widespread in oceans; yet, the diversity and evolutionary relationships …

The genomes of numerous circoviruses and distantly related circular ssDNA viruses
encoding a rolling circle replication initiator protein (Rep) have been characterized from the …

Human blood metagenomics has revealed the presence of different types of viruses in
apparently healthy subjects. By far, anelloviruses constitute the viral family that is more …