Humanity is currently facing the challenge of two devastating pandemics caused by two very
different RNA viruses: HIV-1, which has been with us for decades, and SARS-CoV-2, which …

Parasite success typically depends on a close relationship with one or more hosts; therefore,
attributes of parasitic infection have the potential to provide indirect details of host natural …

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus of domestic cats worldwide. Diagnosis
usually relies on antibody screening by point-of-care tests (POCT), eg, by enzyme-linked …

Non-human primate (NHP) models are important for vaccine development and also
contribute to HIV cure research. Although none of the animal models are perfect, NHPs …

Sensitive detection of viral nucleic acids is critically important for diagnosis and monitoring of
the progression of infectious diseases such as those caused by SARS-CoV2, HIV-1, and …

Most severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic tests have
relied on RNA extraction followed by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain …

Emerging viral outbreaks resulting from host switching is an area of continued scientific
interest. Such events can result in disease epidemics or in some cases, clinically silent …

Hunting can fundamentally alter wildlife population dynamics but the consequences of
hunting on pathogen transmission and evolution remain poorly understood. Here, we …

Infectious diseases are increasingly threatening wildlife populations, domestic animal
populations, and human health. Ongoing advances in genomic technologies are providing a …

Accurate and sensitive quantification of rebound competent HIV that persists despite
combination antiretroviral treatment (cART), including in latently infected cells (ie, viral …