There has been a dramatic increase in the number of insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs)
discovered in the last decade. Historically, these viruses have generated limited interest due …

One of the most pressing challenges associated with SARS-CoV-2 treatment is the
emergence of new variants that may be more transmissible, cause more severe disease, or …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is an
emerging disease with fatal outcomes. In this study, a fundamental knowledge gap question …

The recent outbreak of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) is an unprecedented threat to human
health and society across the globe. In this context, development of suitable interventions is …

The codon usage patterns of viruses reflect the evolutionary changes that allow them to
optimize their survival and adapt their fitness to the external environment and, most …

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 …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus of the family Togaviridae that is
transmitted to humans by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Its genome comprises a 12 kb single …

Viruses differ markedly in their specificity toward host organisms. Here, we test the level of
general sequence adaptation that viruses display toward their hosts. We compiled a …

Understanding the extent and causes of biases in codon usage and nucleotide composition
is essential to the study of viral evolution, particularly the interplay between viruses and host …

The nucleocapsid (N) protein of a coronavirus plays a crucial role in virus assembly and in
its RNA transcription. It is important to characterize a virus at the nucleotide level to discover …