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Y. Li, M. Ghafari, A. J. Holbrook, I. Boonen, N. M. S. Amor, S. Catalano, J. P. Webster, Y. Li, H. Li, V. Vergote, P. Maes, Y. L. Chong, A. Laudisoit, P. Baelo, S. Ngoy, , P. Lemey
This study identifies novel rodent hosts of hepaciviruses, documents their diversity, and estimates the origin of the genus to be about 22 million years ago.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology
B. B. Larsen, H. W. Otto, S. Gryseels, M. Worobey
The paper identifies Peromyscus melanotis in Arizona's sky islands and estimates their isolation duration using mitochondrial data.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
Y. Li, M. Bletsa, Z. Zisi, I. Boonen, S. Gryseels, L. Kafetzopoulou, J. P. Webster, S. Catalano, O. G. Pybus, F. Van de Perre, H. Li, Y. Li, Y. Li, A. Abramov, P. Lymberakis, , S. Lequime
The paper identifies Flaviviridae-derived endogenous viral elements in shrew genomes, revealing an ancient origin of pestiviruses and their potential role as natural reservoirs.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2022Microbiology
R. Klitting, L. E. Kafetzopoulou, W. Thiery, G. Dudas, S. Gryseels, A. Kotamarthi, B. Vrancken, K. Gangavarapu, M. Momoh, J. Demby Sandy, A. Goba, F. Alhasan, D. S. Grant, R. F. Garry, A. R. Smither, , S. Dellicour
The paper predicts that Lassa virus endemic areas will expand beyond West Africa due to environmental changes, increasing the population at risk from 100 million to 700 million by 2070.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2021Microbiology
B. B. Larsen, S. Gryseels, H. W. Otto, M. Worobey
The paper characterizes paramyxovirus diversity in North American bats and rodents, identifying two rodent clades and one bat clade, and infers receptor binding patterns.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2021Evolutionary Biology
K. M. King, B. B. Larsen, S. Gryseels, C. Richet, S. Kraberger, R. Jackson, M. Worobey, J. S. Harrison, A. Varsani, K. Van Doorslaer
This study identifies TLR9 as a pattern recognition receptor involved in detecting papillomaviruses and shows co-evolution between papillomaviruses and their hosts.
bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology
V. C. Colombo, V. Sluydts, J. Marien, B. Vanden Broecke, N. Van Houtte, W. Leirs, L. Jacobs, A. Iserbyt, M. Hubert, L. Heyndrickx, H. Goris, P. Delputte, N. De Roeck, J. Elst, R. Boudewijns, , S. Gryseels
The paper tests Norway rats for SARS-CoV-2 infection and finds no evidence of infection, but highlights issues with serological testing in non-human samples.
bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2021Ecology
M. Bletsa, B. Vrancken, S. Gryseels, I. Boonen, A. Fikatas, Y. Li, A. Laudisoit, S. Lequime, J. Bryja, R. Makundi, Y. Meheretu, B. D. Akaibe, S. G. Mbalitini, F. Van de Perre, N. Van Houtte, , P. Lemey
This study identifies novel hepacivirus genomes in rodents from sub-Saharan Africa, revealing co-infections and expanding the known diversity of hepaciviruses in rodent hosts.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2020Evolutionary Biology
S. Gryseels, T. D. Watts, J.-M. M. Kabongo, B. B. Larsen, P. Lemey, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, D. E. Teuwen, M. Worobey
The paper recovers a near-full-length HIV-1 genome from 1966, validating molecular clock estimates and providing direct genomic evidence for HIV-1 evolution in the 1960s.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2019Evolutionary Biology
L. N. Cuypers, W. L. Cuypers, A. Gildemyn-Blomme, L. Abraham, S. Aertbelien, A. Massawe, B. Borremans, S. Gryseels, H. Leirs
A choice experiment found that Natal multimammate mice do not avoid black rat scent, suggesting scent-based avoidance is not the mechanism for their absence from areas with black rats.
bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2017Zoology