Quasispecies theory and emerging viruses: challenges and applications
Quasispecies theory revolutionized our understanding of viral evolution by describing viruses as dynamic populations of genetically diverse variant…
Tag: Viral evolution
Diagnosis and genomic characterization of the largest western equine encephalitis virus outbreak in Uruguay during 2023–2024
The Western equine encephalitis virus is transmitted between mosquitoes and wild birds. Mosquitoes spread the virus to horses and human populations…
20 years of research on giant viruses
Some twenty years ago, the discovery of the first giant virus, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (now mimivirus bradfordmassiliense species),…
Revealing the hidden diversity of Chlorella heliozoae-infecting giant viruses
A new level of viral complexity has emerged from the isolation of green algae-infecting chloroviruses from diverse aquatic environments around the …
The consequences of SARS-CoV-2 within-host persistence
SARS-CoV-2 causes an acute respiratory tract infection that resolves in most people in less than a month. Yet some people with severely weakened im…