A tale of caution: How endogenous viral elements affect virus discovery in transcriptomic data
N. Brait, T. Hackl, C. Morel, A. Exbrayat, S. Gutierrez, S. Lequime
This study shows that endogenous viral elements can mimic exogenous viruses in transcriptomic data, leading to false positives and biased virus discovery.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2023Microbiology