The COVID-19 pandemic has given the study of virus evolution and ecology new relevance.
Although viruses were first identified more than a century ago, we likely know less about …

Although viruses comprise the most abundant genetic material in the biosphere, to date only
several thousand virus species have been formally defined. Such a limited perspective on …

We know less about viruses than any other lifeform. Fortunately, metagenomics has led to a
massive expansion in the known diversity of the virosphere. Here, we discuss how …

Background In 2017, surveillance for tickborne diseases in China led to the identification of
a patient who presented to a hospital in Inner Mongolia with a febrile illness that had an …

Mosquitoes harbor a high diversity of RNA viruses, including many that impact human
health. Despite a growing effort to describe the extent and nature of the mosquito virome …

Increasing data indicate that insects serve as major reservoirs and vectors of viruses, which
account for the continuously increasing ecological burden and infectious disease outbreaks …

Jingmenviruses are a group of viruses identified recently, in 2014, and currently classified by
the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses as unclassified Flaviviridae. These …

The flavivirids (family Flaviviridae) are a group of positive-sense RNA viruses that include
well-documented agents of human disease. Despite their importance and ubiquity, the …

Metagenomics is transforming the study of virus evolution, allowing the full assemblage of
virus genomes within a host sample to be determined rapidly and cheaply. The genomic …

Background A tick-borne segmented RNA virus called Jingmen tick virus (JMTV) was
recently identified, variants of which were detected in a non-human primate host and fatal …