There is a realistic expectation that the global effort in vaccination will bring the pandemic
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) under control …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on human
health, economic well-being, and societal function. It is essential that we use this …

Big, time-scaled phylogenies are fundamental to connecting evolutionary processes to
modern biodiversity patterns. Yet inferring reliable phylogenetic trees for thousands of …

Understanding the trends in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) evolution is paramount to control the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed more than …

Virus host shifts are generally associated with novel adaptations to exploit the cells of the
new host species optimally. Surprisingly, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus …

There is no doubt that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 is mutating
and thus has the potential to adapt during the current pandemic. Whether this evolution will …

Genomic sequencing is essential to track the evolution and spread of SARS-CoV-2, optimize
molecular tests, treatments, vaccines, and guide public health responses. To investigate the …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomics and bioinformatics have emerged as essential
public health tools. The genomic data acquired using these methods have supported the …

We discovered a highly virulent variant of subtype-B HIV-1 in the Netherlands. One hundred
nine individuals with this variant had a 0.54 to 0.74 log10 increase (ie, a~ 3.5-fold to 5.5-fold …

A current model of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) epidemic 1 appears to have
differing degrees of projected total deaths in various areas of the United States despite the …