Benjamin W. Neuman

The paper identifies two divergent coronaviruses in lamprey with reddening syndrome, showing higher viral abundance in diseased individuals.

The paper identifies a new order of RNA viruses, Quisvirales, with a novel helicase superfamily replacing the nidovirus SF1 helicase, suggesting convergent evolution of large replicases.

The paper expands the known range of nidovirus genomes up to 64 kb and identifies host constraints and new replicase expression modes in giant invertebrate nidoviruses.

The study investigates SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.41.1 lineage shedding in captive white-tailed deer, finding higher mutation rates compared to human isolates.

The paper uses bioinformatics analysis to identify similarities between arenavirus L polymerase and other hemorrhagic fever viruses in GenBank.