TY - JOUR
T1 - Neo-virology
T2 - The raison d'etre of viruses
AU - Watanabe, Tokiko
AU - Suzuki, Nobuhiro
AU - Tomonaga, Keizo
AU - Sawa, Hirofumi
AU - Matsuura, Yoshiharu
AU - Kawaguchi, Yasushi
AU - Takahashi, Hideki
AU - Nagasaki, Keizo
AU - Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Susan Watson for editing the manuscript. This research was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan (Nos. 16H06429 , 16K21723 , 16H06430 , 16H06431 , 16H06432 , 16H06433 , 16H06434 , 16H06435 , 16H06436 , and 16H06437 ), by Research Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases from AMED ( JP19fm0208101j0001 ), by the fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) ( JP18KK0225 ), and by the NIAID-funded Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis (CRIP, HHSN272201400008C ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Given that approximately 1031 virus particles exist on Earth and all of them are parasitic in living organisms, it is not hard to imagine how virus infection might affect the physiology of hosts and their ecosystems. However, traditional virology research tends to focus on viral pathogenicity or the individual pathogenic viruses; hence, the significance of viruses and viral-mediated processes in the global ecosystem has been poorly understood. To identify the previously unrecognized “raison d'etre of viruses” in nature, we established a research community, designated as the ‘Neo-virology’ consortium. In this consortium, we define a virus as a component of the global ecosystem and our aim is to elucidate its key roles in host organisms, that is, the intra-host ecosystem.
AB - Given that approximately 1031 virus particles exist on Earth and all of them are parasitic in living organisms, it is not hard to imagine how virus infection might affect the physiology of hosts and their ecosystems. However, traditional virology research tends to focus on viral pathogenicity or the individual pathogenic viruses; hence, the significance of viruses and viral-mediated processes in the global ecosystem has been poorly understood. To identify the previously unrecognized “raison d'etre of viruses” in nature, we established a research community, designated as the ‘Neo-virology’ consortium. In this consortium, we define a virus as a component of the global ecosystem and our aim is to elucidate its key roles in host organisms, that is, the intra-host ecosystem.
KW - Neo-virology
KW - Viral purpose
KW - Viral roles in the ecosystem
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U2 - 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197751
DO - 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197751
M3 - Article
C2 - 31520652
AN - SCOPUS:85072739201
SN - 0168-1702
VL - 274
JO - Virus research
JF - Virus research
M1 - 197751
ER -
