The Challenges of Analysing Highly Diverse Picobirnavirus Sequence Data.

ABSTRACT: The reliable identification and classification of infectious diseases is critical for understanding their biology and controlling their impact. Recent advances in sequencing technology have allowed insight into the remarkable diversity of the virosphere, of which a large component remains undiscovered. For these emerging or undescribed viruses, the process of classifying unknown sequences is heavily reliant on existing nucleotide sequence information in public databases. However, due to the enormous diversity of viruses, and past focus on the most prevalent and impactful virus types, databases are often incomplete. Picobirnaviridae is a dsRNA virus family with broad host and geographic range, but with relatively little sequence information in public databases. The family contains one genus

SUBMITTER: Knox MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6316005 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature