Metagenomics of Emerging Viruses

Dear Colleagues,

Genome sequencing has long been established as a key tool in viral discovery and, in more recent years, has become one of the most important components of public health response activity for both local- and pandemic-scale outbreaks. Metagenomic approaches, used appropriately alongside more targeted methodologies, have been of major benefit in the advancement of this area in research, clinical, and public health settings.

This Special Issue invites reviews, opinion articles, or original research papers that explore any methodological developments in, or applications of, metagenomic sequencing methods to the discovery, surveillance, and characterization of emerging viruses and the outbreaks associated with them. Both laboratory and solely bioinformatic analysis-based papers are welcome. Surveillance studies of viruses present in environmental samples and potential animal reservoirs or insect vectors are within scope, as is the characterization of clinical outbreaks. Papers focussing on viral enrichment and host depletion methods to enhance metagenomic viral detection from primary samples will be highly regarded.

Dr. Steven T. Pullan
Dr. F. Xavier López-Labrador
Guest Editors

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