2022
The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations
Carlson C, Gibb R, Albery G, Brierley L, Connor R, Dallas T, Eskew E, Fagre A, Farrell M, Frank H, Muylaert R, Poisot T, Rasmussen A, Ryan S, Seifert S. The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations. MBio 2022, 13: e02985-21. PMID: 35229639, PMCID: PMC8941870, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02985-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal viromeNetworks of species interactionsEstimated total diversityHost-virus networksVertebrate host speciesTaxonomic validityBird diversityReport metadataSpecies interactionsMammal diversityViruses infecting humansHost speciesViromeTaxonomic backboneViral diversityHigher classificationVirionsDiversityVertebratesUnique interactionsHarmonized formatVirusTaxonomicallyMacroecologyData setsMammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort
Gibb R, Albery G, Mollentze N, Eskew E, Brierley L, Ryan S, Seifert S, Carlson C. Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort. Biology Letters 2022, 18: 20210427. PMID: 34982955, PMCID: PMC8727147, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral richnessHost speciesReliability of ecological inferenceGeographic sampling biasEvidence of declineViral diversityHost-virus associationsRearrangement of speciesSampling effortVirus discovery ratesEcological inferenceDiscovery effortsMammal hostsWild mammalsDiversity estimatesSampled hostsVirus diversityShort-term changesRichnessSampling biasSpeciesAssociation dataDiscovery rateDiversityCompare inferences
2019
Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing
Carlson C, Zipfel C, Garnier R, Bansal S. Global estimates of mammalian viral diversity accounting for host sharing. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019, 3: 1070-1075. PMID: 31182813, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0910-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus speciesHost sharingViral diversitySpecies interaction networksEcological network theorySurveillance of pathogensMacroecological approachVirus diversityInteraction networkEstimate biodiversityAssociation dataSpeciesDiversityHostMammalsHuman healthPandemic potentialVirusGlobal estimatesPathogensNon-linear relationshipBiodiversityPresent estimates