Month: April 2026

iScience. 2025 Nov 4;28(12):113941. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113941. eCollection 2025 Dec 19. ABSTRACT We conducted genomic surveillance during the 2022-2023 northern hemisphere influenza season at a university in the southwestern US to assess how local diversity and evolution compared to national trends. We identified 100 positive samples (19%) from clinical swabs collected at a student health clinic … Read more

Microb Genom. 2025 Nov;11(11):001580. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001580. ABSTRACT Polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses are icosahedral viruses with small circular dsDNA genomes. Limited information on their diversity and evolution in avian hosts is available, with even less known regarding Antarctic penguins. Prior to this study, only one polyomavirus and two papillomaviruses had been identified in Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). … Read more

Microb Genom. 2025 Nov;11(11):001541. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001541. ABSTRACT Papillomaviruses are non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses capable of infecting a wide range of vertebrates, from chondrichthyans to mammals. In this study, we report for the first time the identification and complete genome of a papillomavirus in the thornback skate (Raja clavata), named Raja clavata papillomavirus 1 (RclaPV1). The … Read more

Transplantation. 2026 Mar 1;110(3):e707-e714. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005564. Epub 2025 Nov 6. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Ongoing shortages of organs for transplantation have prompted the critical question of which countries have the highest organ donation rates and how each can increase those rates. The existing metric of donors per million population is flawed because it does not sufficiently account … Read more

Microorganisms. 2025 Sep 11;13(9):2124. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13092124. ABSTRACT Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a virus of veterinary health significance and a member of the Parvoviridae family. Despite its clinical significance and global distribution, surveillance is often limited to cases serious enough to result in veterinary visit and/or hospitalization, thereby limiting our understanding of its evolution and diversity. … Read more