Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a betaherpesvirus with a global seroprevalence of 60–
90%. HCMV is the leading cause of congenital infections and poses a great health risk to …

Over a century of research has focused on improving our understanding of congenital
cytomegalovirus (cCMV), yet it remains the most common congenital infection in the United …

Monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and reconstructing transmission chains has become
a major public health focus for many governments around the world. The modest mutation …

Diet is the only known intervention which has been conclusively shown to extend life span. It
can be argued the key role diet has to play in the aging process came to prominence as a …

The coordinated activities of innate and adaptive immunity are critical for effective protection
against viruses. To counter this, some viruses have evolved sophisticated strategies to …

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) has infected humans since the origin of our species and
currently infects most of the world's population. Variability between CMV genomes is the …

The evolutionary dynamics of a virus can differ within hosts and across populations. Studies
of within-host evolution provide an important link between experimental studies of virus …

In the year 2000, cytomegalovirus was identified as a risk factor for mortality in a seminal
study of octogenarian residents in Sweden. This finding triggered a wave of additional …

Background Studying within-host genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in
patients during treatment may identify adaptations to antibiotic and immune pressure …

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infection
in young children globally, but little is known about within-host RSV diversity. Here, we …