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Volume 106, Issue 1

Unveiling the ghost: machine learning’s impact on the landscape of virology Open Access

Abstract

The complexity and speed of evolution in viruses with RNA genomes makes predictive identification of variants with epidemic or pandemic potential challenging. In recent years, machine learning has become an increasingly capable technology for addressing this challenge, as advances in methods and computational power have dramatically improved the performance of models and led to their widespread adoption across industries and disciplines. Nascent applications of machine learning technology to virus research have now expanded, providing new tools for handling large-scale datasets and leading to a reshaping of existing workflows for phenotype prediction, phylogenetic analysis, drug discovery and more. This review explores how machine learning has been applied to and has impacted the study of viruses, before addressing the strengths and limitations of its techniques and finally highlighting the next steps that are needed for the technology to reach its full potential in this challenging and ever-relevant research area.

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Keyword(s): deep learning , machine learning , RNA viruses , SARS-CoV-2 , virus evolution and virus phenotype prediction
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Medical Research Council (Award MR/W006677/1)
    • Principle Award Recipient: SebastianBowyer
© 2025 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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Unveiling the ghost: machine learning’s impact on the landscape of virology
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