Editorial: The role of genetics studies in the discovery of new viruses and in the analysis of pathogeny of viral infections

Abstract

Following the development of the PCR and the internet in the early 80’s, the molecularrevolution took off in the 90’s and by the new millennium most research was utilizing somevariation of the technique and platform. Subsequently, the amount of information grewexponentially allowing the scientific community to speed up discovery and it has continuedever since. However, in the last decade the application of new technologies and bioinformaticapproaches has again enhanced the creation of data and allowed sharing to a magnitudenever seen before