Introduction Reports of high rates of primary microcephaly and Guillain–Barré syndrome
associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia and Brazil have raised concerns that …

The ongoing Zika virus epidemic in the Americas and the observed association with both
fetal abnormalities (primary microcephaly) and adult autoimmune pathology (Guillain–Barré …

Introduction Giardiasis is an intestinal infection that affects more than two hundred million
people annually worldwide; it is caused by the flagellated protozoan Giardia duodenalis. In …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, has
recently emerged in the Americas from lineages from two continents: Asia and Africa. Historically…

In exploring the epidemiology of infectious diseases, networks have been used to reconstruct
contacts among individuals and/or populations. Summarizing networks using pathogen …

The unprecedented severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) global
sequencing effort has suffered from an analytical bottleneck. Many existing methods for …

Pathogen lineage nomenclature systems are a key component of effective communication
and collaboration for researchers and public health workers. Since February 2021, the Pango …

Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to a class of neurotropic viruses that have the ability to cause
congenital infection, which can result in microcephaly or fetal demise. Recently, the RNA-binding …

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the limiting factors in agricultural productivity on acid soils.
The oat genotypes UFRGS17 and UPF91Al100-1-4 have been developed through different …

Large datasets along with sampling bias represent a challenge for phylodynamic reconstructions,
particularly when the study data are obtained from various heterogeneous sources and…