G. S. Wilkie

This study sequences 22 louping ill virus isolates to analyze genomic diversity and evolutionary history, finding low diversity, limited positive selection, and challenges in estimating molecular clock rates for tick-borne flaviviruses.

The paper sequences HCMV genomes from clinical samples to study variation, multiple-strain infection, recombination, and mutation, finding that recombinant strains and pseudogenes can persist and cause congenital infections.

This study integrates patient and whole genome sequencing data to analyze the epidemiology of seasonal influenza A(H3N2) viruses, finding that reassortant viruses are associated with severe cases and later seasonality.

The paper analyzes 28 chromosomally integrated HHV-6 genomes, showing they are ancient, intact, and capable of reactivation, with regional variation and common ancestry in European populations.