Fighting Viruses with Viruses
…To replicate their genomes, DVGs often hijack missing proteins from the wild type viruses, a phenomenon that can result in suppression of wild type virus replication. There is increasing evidence…
…To replicate their genomes, DVGs often hijack missing proteins from the wild type viruses, a phenomenon that can result in suppression of wild type virus replication. There is increasing evidence…
…contains all three serotypes. In September 2015 WHO declared that wild poliovirus type 2 has been eradicated from the planet – no cases caused by this serotype had been detected…
…that research commences this year with the destruction of my stocks of polioviruses. In 2015 there were 70 reported cases of poliomyelitis caused by wild type 1 poliovirus, and 26…
Today, on World Polio Day, wild poliovirus type 3 has been declared eradicated by a commission of the World Health Organization. The last case of type 3 poliomyelitis was recorded…
…by type III, and then type II. This sequence was initially used to prevent the type II virus from interfering with the subsequent replication of the type III strain. Later…
…of type 3 OPV and replacement with type 3 IPV. All 342 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in 2014 were caused by type 1 poliovirus in 9 countries, mainly Pakistan and…