Arvind Varsani

The paper analyzes Gardnerella prophages and their endolysins, finding clustering of prophage sequences by bacterial species within the genus.

The paper characterizes viral diversity in febrile individuals in Madagascar using metagenomics, identifying both known and emerging viruses and highlighting associations with age and malaria.

The study sampled skuas on the Antarctic Peninsula and found HPAI H5N1 in all but one carcass, indicating the virus is established in Antarctica despite low prevalence.

This paper investigates a new MYXV isolate, MYXV-Tol, which causes atypical myxomatosis in European rabbits and hares, showing it has evolved to cause a more severe, acute disease with distinct clinical features.

This paper organizes a community challenge to develop automated virus taxonomy classification tools and evaluates their performance on a combined dataset of expert-curated and metagenomic sequences.

Cenote-Taker 3 is a tool for virus discovery and annotation in genomic data, outperforming existing tools in speed and accuracy.

The paper investigates the delayed incursion of H5N1 avian influenza in Antarctica by analyzing surveillance data from before confirmed cases.

This study explores horizontal gene transfer among animal viruses by analyzing sequencing data, revealing chimeric structures and new viral groups.

The paper investigates crAssphage transmission and genomic evolution in South African mother-infant dyads, finding evidence of vertical transmission and positive selection in phage genes correlated with bacterial abundance.