Agnostic viral detection at single-cell resolution reveals novel viruses

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This is a summary of: Luebbert, L. et al. Detection of viral sequences at single-cell resolution identifies novel viruses associated with host gene expression changes. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02614-y (2025).