The science of the host–virus network

GF Albery, DJ Becker, L Brierley, CE Brook… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Better methods to predict and prevent the emergence of zoonotic viruses could support
future efforts to reduce the risk of epidemics. We propose a network science framework for …

The ecology of viral emergence

EC Holmes - Annual Review of Virology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on human
health, economic well-being, and societal function. It is essential that we use this …

Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia

CA Sánchez, H Li, KL Phelps… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging diseases caused by coronaviruses of likely bat origin (eg, SARS, MERS, SADS,
COVID-19) have disrupted global health and economies for two decades. Evidence …

Evidence for an ancient aquatic origin of the RNA viral order Articulavirales

ME Petrone, R Parry, JCO Mifsud… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The emergence of previously unknown disease-causing viruses in mammals is in part the
result of a long-term evolutionary process. Reconstructing the deep phylogenetic histories of …

Enveloped viruses show increased propensity to cross-species transmission and zoonosis

A Valero-Rello, R Sanjuán - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The transmission of viruses between different host species is a major source of emerging
diseases and is of particular concern in the case of zoonotic transmission from mammals to …

Climate change and zoonotic diseases: a conceptual framework for predicting and managing health risks in the USA

OT Ojeyinka, TT Omaghomi - GSC Biological and …, 2024 - gsconlinepress.com
The executive summary will provide a concise overview of the conceptual framework aimed
at understanding the relationship between climate change and zoonotic diseases in the …

Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats

N Weber, M Nagy, W Markotter, J Schaer… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa experiences frequent emerging disease outbreaks among humans, with bats often
proposed as zoonotic pathogen hosts. We comprehensively reviewed virus–bat findings …

Biosecurity in an age of open science

JA Smith, JB Sandbrink - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The risk of accidental or deliberate misuse of biological research is increasing as
biotechnology advances. As open science becomes widespread, we must consider its …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of epidemic diseases: Zoonoses and other origins

RA Weiss, N Sankaran - Faculty reviews, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infectious diseases emerge via many routes and may need to overcome stepwise
bottlenecks to burgeon into epidemics and pandemics. About 60% of human infections have …