Flatworm

Evolutionary biology

Biology

Zoology

Gene

Host (biology)

World Wide Web

Genome

Helminths

Composite material

Ecology

Human virome

Materials science

Range (aeronautics)

Trematoda

Computer science

Parasite hosting

Viral evolution

Genetics

Microbiology Spectrum

Little is known about the diversity of parasite-associated viruses and how these viruses may impact parasite fitness, parasite-host interactions, and virus evolution. The discovery of over a hundred viruses associated with a range of free-living and parasitic flatworms, including parasites of economic and clinical relevance, allowed us to compare the viromes of flatworms with contrasting lifestyles.

A World of Viruses Nested within Parasites: Unraveling Viral Diversity within Parasitic Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)