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The abundance of viral DNA was measured in DNA sequenced from blood and saliva samples in biobanks, revealing strong ...

Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis of viral genomes. Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we ...

Understanding the genetics of circulating viruses will determine if the U.S. loses measles elimination status this year.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is backing a large-scale effort to sequence 1,000 measles genomes as ...

Inherently vulnerable to viral contamination, biologics rely on animal- or human-derived starting materials and complex manufacturing processes. Albeit rare, viral contamination incidents are ...

Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...