Each year, due to climate change, an increasing number of new pathogens are being
discovered and studied, leading to an increase in the number of known diseases affecting …

The common histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 are the characteristic components of
eukaryotic nucleosomes, which function to wrap DNA and compact the genome as well as to …

Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV), one of the nucleocytoviricota viruses (NCVs), is a
highly pathogenic iridovirid. SGIV infection results in massive economic losses to the …

Abstract Lymphocystis disease virus-1 (LCDV-1) and several other Iridoviridae encode viral
insulin/IGF-1 like peptides (VILPs) with high homology to human insulin and IGFs. Here we …

Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a valuable freshwater prawn in Asian aquaculture. In recent
years, a new symptom that was generally called “white head” has caused high mortality in …

Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) was first discovered in the Americas in 2004 as a new
lethal pathogen of cultivated whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei, but infections were not …

Largemouth bass is an important commercially farmed fish in China, but the rapid expansion
of its breeding has resulted in increased incidence of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses …

Members of the family Iridoviridae, collectively referred to as iridovirids, are large, double-
stranded DNA-containing viruses that infect invertebrates and cold-blooded (ectothermic) …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that
has been linked to the dysbiosis of the gut microbiome and virome. However, the potential …

Abstract Decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) is an emerging viral pathogen that seriously
threatens crustacean farming and has caused enormous economic losses in recent years …