Editorial Note: Host-Associated Metagenomics: A Guide to Generating Infectious RNA Viromes

The concerns underlying the Expression of Concern on this article [1,2] have been dismissed. PLOS investigated this article [1] as one of a series of submissions for which there were research ethics concerns. During editorial follow-up, PLOS determined that [1] meets PLOS’ ethics requirements and no corrective action is warranted for [1] at this time. References - 1. Temmam S, Monteil-Bouchard S, Robert C, Pascalis H, Michelle C, Jardot P, et al. Host-Associated Metagenomics: A Guide to Generating Infectious RNA Viromes. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0139810. pmid:26431175 - 2. The PLOS ONE Editors. Expression of Concern: Host-Associated Metagenomics: A Guide to Generating Infectious RNA Viromes. PLoS One. 2022;17(12):e0279054. pmid:36512579 Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Editorial Note: Host-Associated Metagenomics: A Guide to Generating Infectious RNA Viromes. PLoS One 21(5): e0350242. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0350242 Published: May 27, 2026 Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.