Discovery of Virus-Host interactions using bioinformatic tools.

Viruses are a diverse biological group capable of infecting several hosts such as bacteria, plants, and animals, including humans. Viral infections constitute a threat to the human population as they may cause high mortality rates, decrease food production, and generate large economical losses. Viruses co-evolve with their hosts and this constant evolution must be clarified to better predict possible viral outbreaks, and to develop improved diagnostic methods and therapeutical approaches. In this review, we summarize several viral databases that store key information retrieved from a variety of omics approaches. Furthermore, we explore the use of such databases to predict Virus-Host interactions through artificial intelligence algorithms, focusing on the latest methodologies to characterize biological networks.