Graham J. Belsham

The paper identifies ITAF45 as a host factor essential for picornavirus Type II IRES-mediated translation, showing its role in multiple viruses and suggesting it as an antiviral target.

This study identifies the pseudoknot region and poly-(C) tract as essential RNA packaging signals for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) assembly, showing that their length and interactions influence packaging efficiency.

This study tracks the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants between mink and humans in Denmark, identifying multiple transmission routes and estimating cross-species transmission events.

This study investigates the risk of African swine fever virus (ASFV) transmission to naive pigs from contaminated environments, finding no transmission despite detectable viral DNA in environmental samples.

This study shows that ASFV infection in pigs leads to a >1000-fold increase in circulating cell-free DNA, which may serve as a marker for virulent infection, unlike CSFV infection.