Zika virus was discovered in East Africa in 1947 by the Rockefeller Foundation during
investigations on the ecology of yellow fever. Although it was subsequently shown to have …

Zika virus (ZIKV), discovered in the Zika Forest of Uganda in 1947, is a mosquito-borne
flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue and West Nile viruses. From its discovery until …

The current outbreak of viral pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, China, was caused by a novel
coronavirus designated 2019‐nCoV by the World Health Organization, as determined by …

A recent outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) in India has caused 17 deaths in people living in
districts of Kerala state. Its zoonotic nature, as well as high rate of human-to-human …

Codon usage bias (CUB) is an important evolutionary feature in a genome which provides
important information for studying organism evolution, gene function and exogenous gene …

Zika virus (ZIKV; family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus) is a pathogenic mosquito-borne RNA
virus that currently threatens human health in the Americas, large parts of Asia and …

The rapid succession of the pandemic of arbovirus diseases, such as dengue, West Nile
fever, chikungunya, and Zika fever, has intensified research on these and other arbovirus …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health concern as it continues to
spread within China and beyond. The causative agent of this disease, severe acute …

Codon usage bias (CUB) could reflect co-evolutionary changes between viruses and hosts
in contrast to plant and animal viruses, and the systematic analysis of codon usage among …

Potato virus M (PVM) is a member of the genus Carlavirus of the family Betaflexviridae and
causes large economic losses of nightshade crops. Several previous studies have …