Deep mining reveals the diversity of endogenous viral elements in vertebrate genomes

JG Nino Barreat, A Katzourakis - Nature Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Integration of viruses into host genomes can give rise to endogenous viral elements (EVEs),
which provide insights into viral diversity, host range and evolution. A systematic search for …

Revealing the uncharacterised diversity of amphibian and reptile viruses

EF Harding, AG Russo, GJH Yan… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Amphibians and non-avian reptiles represent a significant proportion of terrestrial
vertebrates, however knowledge of their viruses is not proportional to their abundance …

Divergent hepaciviruses, delta-like viruses, and a chu-like virus in Australian marsupial carnivores (dasyurids)

E Harvey, JCO Mifsud, EC Holmes, JE Mahar - Virus Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Although Australian marsupials are characterised by unique biology and geographic
isolation, little is known about the viruses present in these iconic wildlife species. The …

Non-retroviral endogenous viral elements in tephritid fruit flies reveal former viral infections not related to known circulating viruses

L Hernández-Pelegrín, VID Ros, S Herrero, CM Crava - Microbial Ecology, 2024 - Springer
A wide variety of insect-specific non-retroviral RNA viruses specifically infect insects. During
viral infection, fragments of viral sequences can integrate into the host genomes creating …

Genomic transfers help to decipher the ancient evolution of filoviruses and interactions with vertebrate hosts

DJ Taylor, MH Barnhart - PLoS pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Although several filoviruses are dangerous human pathogens, there is conflicting evidence
regarding their origins and interactions with animal hosts. Here we attempt to improve this …

Identification of a novel polyomavirus from a marsupial host

M Dunowska, M Perrott, P Biggs - Virus Evolution, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report the identification and analysis of a full sequence of a novel polyomavirus from a
brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) termed possum polyomavirus (PPyV). The …

Endogenous viral elements: insights into data availability and accessibility

M Ritsch, N Brait, E Harvey, M Marz… - Virus Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are remnants of viral genetic material endogenized into
the host genome. They have, in the last decades, attracted attention for their role as potential …

[HTML][HTML] Rich diversity of RNA viruses in the biological control agent, Orius laevigatus

L Hernández-Pelegrín, A Rodríguez-Gómez… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Orius laevigatus (Hemiptera, Anthocoridae) is a generalist predator extensively
used for the biocontrol of diverse agricultural pests. Previous studies on O. laevigatus have …

[图书][B] Fatal jump: Tracking the origins of pandemics

L Reperant - 2023 - books.google.com
Exploring the fateful chains of events that gave rise to humanity's infectious diseases and
pandemics. Why do global pandemics materialize? To address this question, we must delve …

[HTML][HTML] Novel viruses discovered in the transcriptomes of agnathan fish

LK Mercer, EF Harding, GJH Yan… - Journal of Fish …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS Raw RNA‐seq datasets (n= 150; Table S1) encompassing
three hagfish species and nine lamprey species were downloaded from the National Centre …