One year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of attention has shifted to the
emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). After nearly a year of …

Viruses that infect microbial hosts have traditionally been studied in laboratory settings with
a focus on either obligate lysis or persistent lysogeny. In the environment, these infection …

INTRODUCTION Several novel variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged in late 2020. One of these, Variant …

A novel SARS-CoV-2 variant, VOC 202012/01, emerged in southeast England in November
2020 and is rapidly spreading towards fixation. Using a variety of statistical and dynamic …

Pandemia e agronegócio: doenças infecciosas, capitalismo e ciência, de Rob Wallace,
defende que os novos vírus que há alguns anos amedrontam o planeta com epidemias e …

There is no doubt that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 is mutating
and thus has the potential to adapt during the current pandemic. Whether this evolution will …

The first collection to explore infectious disease, agriculture, economics, and the nature of
science together Thanks to breakthroughs in production and food science, agribusiness has …

Why is it that some parasites cause high levels of host damage (ie virulence) whereas others
are relatively benign? There are now numerous reviews of virulence evolution in the …

Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy
ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme …

Organisms across the tree of life form symbiotic partnerships with microbes for metabolism,
protection and resources. While some hosts evolve extreme dependence on their symbionts …