Background In late December, 2019, patients presenting with viral pneumonia due to an
unidentified microbial agent were reported in Wuhan, China. A novel coronavirus was …

The ongoing pandemic spread of a new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which is associated
with severe pneumonia/disease (COVID-19), has resulted in the generation of tens of …

The ongoing pandemic of a new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has generated enormous
global concern. We and others in China were involved in the initial genome sequencing of …

The response of the global virus genomics community to the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has been unprecedented, with significant …

Host range is a viral property reflecting natural hosts that are infected either as part of a
principal transmission cycle or, less commonly, as “spillover” infections into alternative hosts. …

10.7554/eLife.05378.001 Although arthropods are important viral vectors, the biodiversity of
arthropod viruses, as well as the role that arthropods have played in viral origins and …

The study of rates of nucleotide substitution in RNA viruses is central to our understanding of
their evolution. Herein we report a comprehensive analysis of substitution rates in 50 RNA …

RNA viruses deserve their reputation as Nature’s swiftest evolvers. Their high rates of mutation
and replication (Holland et al., 1982) allow them to move through sequence space at a …

The unprecedented pandemic of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,
in China and beyond has had major public health impacts on a global scale [1, 2]. Although …

The immune response to HIV-1 in patients who carry human histocompatibility leukocyte
antigen (HLA)-B27 is characterized by an immunodominant response to an epitope in p24 gag (…