Clinical and biological insights from viral genome sequencing

CJ Houldcroft, MA Beale, J Breuer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of pathogens is becoming increasingly important not
only for basic research but also for clinical science and practice. In virology, WGS is …

Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to develo** sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

NCBI viral genomes resource

JR Brister, D Ako-Adjei, Y Bao… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Recent technological innovations have ignited an explosion in virus genome sequencing
that promises to fundamentally alter our understanding of viral biology and profoundly …

Noroviruses—the state of the art, nearly fifty years after their initial discovery

LF Ludwig-Begall, A Mauroy, E Thiry - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human noroviruses are recognised as the major global cause of viral gastroenteritis. Here,
we provide an overview of notable advances in norovirus research and provide a short …

Emergence of norovirus strains: A tale of two genes

GI Parra - Virus Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Noroviruses are a very diverse group of viruses that infect different mammalian species. In
humans, norovirus is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis. Multiple norovirus infections can …

Rapid emergence and predominance of a broadly recognizing and fast-evolving norovirus GII. 17 variant in late 2014

MCW Chan, N Lee, TN Hung, K Kwok… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Norovirus genogroup II genotype 4 (GII. 4) has been the predominant cause of viral
gastroenteritis since 1996. Here we show that during the winter of 2014–2015, an emergent …

An atlas of continuous adaptive evolution in endemic human viruses

KE Kistler, T Bedford - Cell host & microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Through antigenic evolution, viruses such as seasonal influenza evade recognition by
neutralizing antibodies. This means that a person with antibodies well tuned to an initial …

Detection of respiratory viruses directly from clinical samples using next‐generation sequencing: A literature review of recent advances and potential for routine …

X Wang, S Stelzer‐Braid, M Scotch… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acute respiratory infection is the third most frequent cause of mortality worldwide, causing
over 4.25 million deaths annually. Although most diagnosed acute respiratory infections are …

High throughput sequencing for the detection and characterization of RNA viruses

AH Fitzpatrick, A Rupnik, H O'Shea, F Crispie… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review aims to assess and recommend approaches for targeted and agnostic High
Throughput Sequencing of RNA viruses in a variety of sample matrices. HTS also referred to …

Human norovirus proteins: implications in the replicative cycle, pathogenesis, and the host immune response

CP Campillay-Véliz, JJ Carvajal… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the cause of more than 95% of epidemic non-bacterial
gastroenteritis worldwide, with some lethal cases. These viral agents affect people of all …