Over the last decade, virologists have discovered an unprecedented number of viruses
using high throughput sequencing (HTS), which led to the advancement of our knowledge …

In recent years plant viruses have been detected from many environments, including
domestic and wild plants and interfaces between these systems—aquatic sources, feces of …

Pathogenic RNA viruses are potentially the most important group involved in zoonotic
disease transmission, and they represent a challenge for global disease control. Their …

Despite the seemingly continuous development of newer and ever more elaborate methods
for detecting and identifying viruses, very few of these new methods get adopted for routine …

The pathological importance of mixed viral infections in plants might be underestimated
except for a few well-characterized synergistic combinations in certain crops. Considering …

Monitoring the emergence and re-emergence of viral diseases with the goal of containing
the spread of viral agents requires both adequate preparedness and quick response …

Next-generation high throughput sequencing technologies became available at the onset of
the 21st century. They provide a highly efficient, rapid, and low cost DNA sequencing …

The ecology of plant viruses began to be explored at the end of the 19th century. Since then,
major advances have revealed mechanisms of virus-host-vector interactions in various …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are becoming routinely employed in
different fields of virus research. Different sequencing platforms and sample preparation …

Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is one of the most important grapevine viral diseases
affecting grapevines worldwide. The impact on vine health, crop yield, and quality is difficult …