The Blood Virome: A new frontier in biomedical science
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Recent advances in metagenomic testing opened a new window into the mammalian blood virome. Comprised of well-known viruses like human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus, the virome also includes many other eukaryotic viruses and phages whose medical significance, lifecycle, epidemiology, and impact on human health are less well known and thus regarded as commensals. This review synthesizes available information for the so-called commensal virome members that circulate in the blood of humans considering their restriction to and interaction with the human host, their natural history, and their impact on human health and physiology.
Source: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Authors: Abraham J. Kandathil, David L. Thomas
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,420
Awards: G2509593258, Elimination of HCV and related liver disease among HIV-infected and -uninfected people who inject drugs, Characterization of plasma virome in people who inject drugs to identify early transmission networks of HIV and other bloodborne infections, Leveraging the plasma virome as a biological indicator of HIV risk and transmission networks among people who inject drugs
OpenAlex ID: W4396605278