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Human rhinovirus (HRV) remains a leading cause of several human diseases including the common cold. Despite considerable research over the last 60 years, development of an effective vaccine to HRV has been viewed by many as unfeasible due, in part, to ...
Christopher C. Stobart +3 more
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Ecogenomics and Adaptation Strategies of Southern Ocean Viral Communities
The Southern Ocean (SO) represents up to one-fifth of the total carbon drawdown worldwide. Intense selective pressures (low temperature, high UV radiation, and strong seasonality) and physical isolation characterize the SO, serving as a “natural ...
Tomás Alarcón-Schumacher +3 more
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Epidemiology of Yam Viruses in Guadeloupe: Role of Cropping Practices and Seed-Tuber Supply
The epidemiology of yam viruses remains largely unexplored. We present a large-scale epidemiological study of yam viruses in Guadeloupe based on the analysis of 1124 leaf samples collected from yams and weeds.
Mame Boucar Diouf +5 more
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ViralRecall—A Flexible Command-Line Tool for the Detection of Giant Virus Signatures in ‘Omic Data
Giant viruses are widespread in the biosphere and play important roles in biogeochemical cycling and host genome evolution. Also known as nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), these eukaryotic viruses harbor the largest and most complex viral ...
Frank O. Aylward, Mohammad Moniruzzaman
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Paving the Way to Unveil the Diversity and Evolution of Phage Genomes
Phage biology has been developing for the last hundred years, and the potential of phages as tools and treatments has been known since their early discovery.
Alejandro Reyes, Martha J. Vives
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Insect pollinators provide major pollination services for wild plants and crops. Honeybee viruses can cause serious damage to honeybee colonies. However, viruses of other wild pollinating insects have yet to be fully explored.
Nannan Li +3 more
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Aedes aegypti from Amazon Basin Harbor High Diversity of Novel Viral Species
Viruses are the most diverse and abundant microorganisms on earth, highly adaptive to a wide range of hosts. Viral diversity within invertebrate hosts has gained notoriety in recent years in public health as several such viruses have been of medical ...
Geovani de Oliveira Ribeiro +14 more
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The Yangtze finless porpoise (YFP) (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is a critically endangered freshwater cetacean, with about 1,249 individuals thought to be left in the wild.
Xin Zhao +9 more
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Efficacy of oseltamivir treatment in influenza virus-infected obese mice
Obesity has been epidemiologically and empirically linked with more severe diseases upon influenza infection. To ameliorate severe disease, treatment with antivirals, such as the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir, is suggested to begin within days of ...
Rebekah Honce +10 more
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Evolutionary features of new picorna-like viruses in Culex (Melanoconion) mosquitoes
In this study, we investigated unclassified picorna-like viruses in Culex (Melanoconion) mosquitoes from São Paulo, Brazil, an area of high mosquito biodiversity and arbovirus activity.
Lilian de Oliveira Guimarães +11 more
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