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 sets
2020
What would it take to describe the global diversity of parasites?
Carlson C, Dallas T, Alexander L, Phelan A, Phillips A. What would it take to describe the global diversity of parasites? Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2020, 287: 20201841. PMID: 33203333, PMCID: PMC7739500, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite diversityParasites of birdsDiversity of parasitesParasites of amphibiansHelminth parasitesHost-parasite associationsParasite collectionGlobal Virome ProjectParasitesHost-parasite networksHuman Genome ProjectUndersampled countriesSample of diversityGenome ProjectMissing speciesBony fishesGlobal diversitySmall hostsSpeciesGlobal changeHelminthsFishDiversityBirdsVertebrates