Studies of ancient DNA have transformed our understanding of human evolution.
Paleogenomics can also reveal historic and prehistoric agents of disease, including …

Little is known on the landscape of viruses that reside within our cells, nor on the interplay
with the host imperative for their persistence. Yet, a lifetime of interactions conceivably have …

The impact of endemic and epidemic disease on humans has traditionally been seen as a
comparatively recent historical phenomenon associated with the Neolithisation of human …

Background The increasing production of genomic data has led to an intensified need for
models that can cope efficiently with the lossless compression of DNA sequences. Important …

Background The implications of inherited chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6
(iciHHV-6) in solid organ transplantation remain uncertain. Although this trait has been …

Blood transfusion safety is an essential element of public health. Current blood screening
strategies rely on targeted techniques that could miss unknown or unexpected pathogens …

To understand the epidemiological and genetic characteristics of B19V, a multiple-province
surveillance of patients with febrile rash illnesses (FRIs) were conducted in China during …

Background Viruses are among the shortest yet highly abundant species that harbor
minimal instructions to infect cells, adapt, multiply, and exist. However, with the current …

Human torque teno viruses (TTVs) are a diverse group of small nonenveloped viruses with
circular, single-stranded DNA genomes. These elusive anelloviruses are harbored in the …

The long-term impact of viruses residing in the human bone marrow (BM) remains
unexplored. However, chronic inflammatory processes driven by single or multiple viruses …