Diversity and evolution of the animal virome

E Harvey, EC Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has given the study of virus evolution and ecology new relevance.
Although viruses were first identified more than a century ago, we likely know less about …

The science of the host–virus network

GF Albery, DJ Becker, L Brierley, CE Brook… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Better methods to predict and prevent the emergence of zoonotic viruses could support
future efforts to reduce the risk of epidemics. We propose a network science framework for …

Biological invasions facilitate zoonotic disease emergences

L Zhang, J Rohr, R Cui, Y **n, L Han, X Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases are accelerating at an unprecedented rate in the current era
of globalization, with substantial impacts on the global economy, public health, and …

COVID-19—lessons for zoonotic disease

EC Holmes - 2022 - science.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unrelenting demonstration of the devastating impact of
zoonotic disease, whereby viruses jump from animals to infect humans. Although there is …

The future of zoonotic risk prediction

CJ Carlson, MJ Farrell, Z Grange… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the light of the urgency raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, global investment in wildlife
virology is likely to increase, and new surveillance programmes will identify hundreds of …

Host traits shape virome composition and virus transmission in wild small mammals

YM Chen, SJ Hu, XD Lin, JH Tian, JX Lv, MR Wang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Bats, rodents, and shrews are the most important animal sources of human infectious
diseases. However, the evolution and transmission of viruses among them remain largely …

The ecology of viral emergence

EC Holmes - Annual Review of Virology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Identifying and prioritizing potential human-infecting viruses from their genome sequences

N Mollentze, SA Babayan, DG Streicker - PLoS biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Determining which animal viruses may be capable of infecting humans is currently
intractable at the time of their discovery, precluding prioritization of high-risk viruses for early …

Genome mining shows that retroviruses are pervasively invading vertebrate genomes

J Wang, GZ Han - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) record past retroviral infections, providing molecular
archives for interrogating the evolution of retroviruses and retrovirus-host interaction …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting zoonotic potential of viruses: where are we?

N Mollentze, DG Streicker - Current Opinion in Virology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Models predict zoonotic risk using viral traits, host range or genome
composition.•Input data availability defines prospects for zoonosis prediction before …