Hidden Viral Sequences in Public Sequencing Data and Warning for Future Emerging Diseases

• Published in: mBio Vol. 12; no. 4; p. e0163821
• Main Authors: Kawasaki, Junna, Kojima, Shohei, Tomonaga, Keizo, Horie, Masayuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 31.08.2021
• Subjects: Animals; bioinformatics; Birds - virology; Cattle; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; Data Analysis; Genome, Viral; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Metagenomics; molecular epidemiology; public health; Research Article; RNA virus; RNA Virus Infections - prevention & control; RNA Virus Infections - virology; RNA Viruses - classification; RNA Viruses - genetics; RNA Viruses - pathogenicity; Sequence Analysis, DNA - methods; Sequence Analysis, DNA - statistics & numerical data; Virology; virus diversity; zoonosis; molecular epidemiology; virus diversity; RNA virus; zoonosis; public health; bioinformatics

Monitoring the spread of viral infections and identifying novel viruses capable of infecting humans through animal reservoirs are necessary to control emerging viral diseases. Massive amounts of sequencing data collected from various animals are publicly available, and these data may contain sequenc...