 Viruses
"Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells.
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D014780
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Viruses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Viruses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2017 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2018 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2021 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2022 | 14 | 0 | 14 | | 2023 | 16 | 0 | 16 | | 2024 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Viruses" by people in Profiles.
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Lei H, Du S, Tong X, Chan WL, Leung MHY, Bøifot KO, Bezdan D, Butler DJ, Danko DC, Green DC, Hernandez MT, Kelly FJ, Lucaci AG, Meydan C, Nieto-Caballero M, Ryon K, Tierney B, Udekwu KI, Young BG, Mason CE, Dybwad M, Lee PKH. Global biogeography of airborne viruses in public transit systems and their host interactions. Microbiome. 2025 Aug 29; 13(1):193.
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Mayne R, Simmonds P, Smith DB, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Freitas-Astúa J, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lobocka M, Mushegian AR, Penzes J, Muñoz AR, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Suzuki N, Turner D, Van Doorslaer K, Varsani A. Virus taxonomy proposal summaries: a searchable and citable resource to disseminate virus taxonomy advances. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul; 106(7).
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Zerbini FM, Crane A, Kuhn JH, Simmonds P, Lefkowitz EJ. Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) - General taxonomy proposals, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul; 106(7).
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Zerbini FM, Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Freitas-Astúa J, Hughes HR, Lobocka M, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Mushegian A, Penzes JJ, Reyes A, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Van Doorslaer K, Varsani A. Virus species names have been standardized; virus names remain unchanged. mSphere. 2025 May 27; 10(5):e0002025.
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Costa VA, Bellwood DR, Mifsud JCO, Geoghegan JL, Harvey E, Holmes EC. Limited similarity in microbial composition among coral reef fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2025 Feb 20; 101(3).
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Chang WS, Harvey E, Mahar JE, Firth C, Shi M, Simon-Loriere E, Geoghegan JL, Wille M. Improving the reporting of metagenomic virome-scale data. Commun Biol. 2024 Dec 20; 7(1):1687.
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Tan JK, Servellita V, Stryke D, Kelly E, Streithorst J, Sumimoto N, Foresythe A, Huh HJ, Nguyen J, Oseguera M, Brazer N, Tang J, Ingebrigtsen D, Fung B, Reyes H, Hillberg M, Chen A, Guevara H, Yagi S, Morales C, Wadford DA, Mourani PM, Langelier CR, de Lorenzi-Tognon M, Benoit P, Chiu CY. Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing assay for respiratory virus detection and discovery. Nat Commun. 2024 11 12; 15(1):9016.
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Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Siddell SG, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Dempsey DM, Dutilh BE, Freitas-Astúa J, García ML, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Junglen S, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lambert AJ, Lobocka M, Mushegian AR, Penzes J, Muñoz AR, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Van Doorslaer K, Vandamme AM, Varsani A. Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024). Arch Virol. 2024 Nov 03; 169(11):236.
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Koonin EV, Fischer MG, Kuhn JH, Krupovic M. The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2024 Sep 26; 88(3):e0008623.
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Costa VA, Ronco F, Mifsud JCO, Harvey E, Salzburger W, Holmes EC. Host adaptive radiation is associated with rapid virus diversification and cross-species transmission in African cichlid fishes. Curr Biol. 2024 03 25; 34(6):1247-1257.e3.
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