Allergies, including asthma, food allergy and atopic dermatitis, are increasing in prevalence,
particularly in westernized countries. Although a detailed mechanistic explanation for this …

Human torque teno viruses (TTVs) are new, emerging infectious agents, recently assigned
to the family Anelloviridae. The first representative of the genus, torque teno virus (TTV), was …

Background: Periodontitis and atherosclerosis represent a chronic inflammatory process.
The incidence of periodontitis in cardiac patients with atherosclerosis is a well-established …

Anelloviridae and Redondoviridae are virus families with small, circular, single-stranded
DNA genomes that are common components of the human virome. Despite their small …

Torquetenovirus (TTV), a small, single stranded anellovirus, is currently being explored as a
marker of immunocompetence in patients with immunological impairment and inflammatory …

Acute respiratory infections are a major cause of morbidity in children both in developed and
developing countries. A wide range of respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial …

Since 1997, groups of novel nonenveloped DNA viruses with a circular, single-stranded
(negative sense) DNA genome of 3.6–3.9 kb, 3.2 kb, or 2.8–2.9 kb in size have been …

Currently, a viral cause of pediatric respiratory illness is identifiable in up to 95% of cases,
but the detection rates decrease steadily by age, to 30–40% in the elderly. The new viruses …

The microbiome, a thriving and complex microbial community colonizing the human body,
has a broad impact on human health. Colonization is a continuous process that starts very …

Viral primary infections and reactivations are common complications in patients after solid
organ transplantation (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and are …