There are eight genotypes of HBV designated A to H based on greater than 8% nucleotide
variation over the entire genome. Hepadnaviruses infecting primates like the chimpanzee …

Analyses of genome sequences, by some approaches, suggest that the widespread
occurrence of horizontal gene transfers (HGTs) in prokaryotes disguises their evolutionary …

Background Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the most prevalent human pathogens, and
consist of 101 serotypes that are classified into groups A and B according to sequence …

Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is no exception to the phenomenon
that a second, productive infection with another strain of the same virus is feasible …

The data deluge in post-genomic era demands development of novel data mining tools.
Existing molecular phylogeny analyses (MPAs) developed for individual gene/protein …

Since its discovery, human parvovirus B19 has been linked with a broad spectrum of clinical
syndromes. An aetiological role for the virus has been confirmed in erythema infectiosum …

BACKGROUND: Discrepant results in diagnostic parvovirus B19 PCR assays have been
observed with strains showing nucleotide sequence variation. OBJECTIVES AND STUDY …

The recent rapid expansion in the DNA and protein databases, arising from large-scale
genomic and metagenomic sequence projects, has forced significant development in the …

As the use of antiretroviral therapy becomes more widespread across Africa, it is imperative
to characterize baseline molecular variability and subtype-specific peculiarities of drug …

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that infects a variety of cell types
in vivo. A region (referred to as UL/b') present in the Toledo strain of HCMV and low passage …