J. O. Wertheim

The paper identifies the recent origin and geographical distribution of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, showing they circulated in Asia before spilling over into humans.

This study uses phylogeographic analysis of HSV-2 genomes to determine its origin and dispersal out of Africa, finding an East African origin around 90-120 kya.

The paper analyzes accuracy in phylogenetic trees under near-perfect conditions, showing that false positive rates are low even with short edges.

The paper estimates the timing of the first SARS-CoV-2 case in Hubei Province using molecular clock analysis and epidemiological simulations, suggesting it emerged between mid-October and mid-November 2019.

The paper identifies that phosphoserine acidic cluster motifs in transmembrane proteins bind distinct basic regions on clathrin adaptor protein μ subunits, revealing potential for virus-specific inhibition.