In the light of the urgency raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, global investment in wildlife
virology is likely to increase, and new surveillance programmes will identify hundreds of …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) of vertebrates including dengue, zika, chikungunya,
Rift Valley fever, and blue tongue viruses cause extensive morbidity and mortality in …

Viruses use the cellular machinery of their hosts for replication. It has therefore been
proposed that the nucleotide and dinucleotide compositions of viruses should match those …

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) causes sporadic outbreaks of vesicular disease in the
southwestern United States. The intrinsic characteristics of epidemic strains associated with …

Hematophagous insects act as the major reservoirs of infectious agents due to their intimate
contact with a large variety of vertebrate hosts. Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of …

The molecular evolutionary dynamics that shape hantaviruses' evolution are poorly
understood even now, besides the contribution of virus-host interaction to their evolution …

Vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by mosquitoes, account for more than
17% of infectious diseases worldwide. This number is expected to rise with an increased …

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is an emergent virus affecting livestock in the US. Previously,
using a recombinant VSV carrying the M51R mutation in the matrix protein (rNJ0612NME6 …

Simple Summary Vesicular stomatitis (VS) is a viral disease that primarily affects cattle,
horses and swine. In affected livestock, the VS virus (VSV) causes painful blister-like lesions …

Codon bias is common to all organisms and is the result of mutation, drift, and selection.
Selection for the efficiency and accuracy of translation is well recognized as a factor shaping …