Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has enabled the rapid,
unbiased detection and identification of microbes without pathogen-specific reagents …

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by a protozoa parasite from over 20
Leishmania species. The clinical manifestations and the outcome of the disease vary …

Highlights•Codon–amino acid assignments and their redundancies are consistent with
simultaneous use in all 6 reading frames.•In-frame bidirectional coding entails unique …

Drosophila melanogaster is an important model for antiviral immunity in arthropods, but very
few DNA viruses have been described from the family Drosophilidae. This deficiency limits …

Narnaviruses are RNA viruses detected in diverse fungi, plants, protists, arthropods, and
nematodes. Though initially described as simple single-gene nonsegmented viruses …

Surveillance programs are essential for the prevention and control of mosquito-borne
arboviruses that cause serious human and animal diseases. Viral metatranscriptomic …

Double synonyms in the genetic code can be used as a tool to test competing hypotheses
regarding ambigrammatic narnavirus genomes. Applying the analysis to recent observations …

Background: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has enabled the rapid,
unbiased detection and identification of microbes without pathogen-specific reagents …