Using microbial genomes as a data source meant researchers could link newly identified virus sequences to the proper microbial host. (sciencedaily.com)
Ebola virus samples taken from patients in Liberia in June 2015 are strikingly similar in their genetic makeup to other Ebola virus sequences from Western Africa, according to research published online in the journal Science Advances. (sciencedaily.com)
Chen and her colleague Guan - Zhu Han, an evolutionary biologist based at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, evaluated all dengue virus sequences from China available in the public database GenBank — about 1,000 - 4,000 samples each for the four dengue serotypes (DENV 1 - 4), for almost 10,000 total. (sciencedaily.com)