While single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was once thought to be a relatively rare genomic
architecture for viruses, modern metagenomics sequencing has revealed circular ssDNA …

Infectious diseases remain as the major causes of human and animal morbidity and
mortality leading to significant healthcare expenditure in India. The country has experienced …

The family Circoviridae contains viruses with covalently closed, circular, single-stranded
DNA (ssDNA) genomes, including the smallest known autonomously replicating, capsid …

Metagenomics was used to characterize viral genomes in clinical specimens of horses with
various organ-specific diseases of unknown aetiology. A novel parvovirus as well as a …

Viral metagenomics has recently revealed the ubiquitous and diverse nature of single-
stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses that encode a conserved replication initiator protein (Rep) in …

Viral metagenomic studies have demonstrated that animal faeces can be a good sampling
source for exploring viral diversity associated with the host and its environment. As part of an …

This study seeks to understand the general distribution of virome abundance and diversity in
tropical freshwater ecosystems in Singapore and the geospatial distribution of the virome …

Human and livestock sewage is one of the major causes of excess nutrients, leading to the
eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems and potentially to the emergence or spread of …

Environmental viruses in wastewater and sludge are widely recognized for their roles in
waterborne diseases. However, previous studies mainly focused on RNA viruses, and little …

ABSTRACT Replication-associated protein (Rep)-encoding single-stranded (CRESS) DNA
viruses comprise viruses with covalently closed, circular, single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) …