Influenza 101
…virus Influenza virus RNA: Translation into protein Entry into Cells Influenza virus attachment to cells Influenza virus attachment to cells: role of different sialic acids Cutting through mucus with the…
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The press concludes that arboviruses can be sexually transmitted
…Uganda, and subsequently shown to be transmitted by mosquitoes. Zika is classified as a flavivirus, along with well-known human pathogens such as yellow fever virus, dengue virus, and West Nile…
Nipah Virus
…As a member of the Paramyxoviridae family, Nipah virus is related to other clinically important viruses like measles virus and mumps virus. Nipah virus circulates in fruit bats across Asia,…
Paradoxical vaccines
…virus, a virus that only replicates in insects. The genes encoding the structural proteins of Eilat virus were replaced with those of chikungunya virus. The recombinant virus replicates in insect…
New Drugs for Treating Ebola Virus Infection
…with the virus, and nearly 1,900 have died since the outbreak began in 2018. The causative virus is “Ebola virus,” the strain previously known as Zaire ebolavirus. It is the…
Could Rift Valley fever come to the US?
…family of enveloped, RNA containing viruses that includes the well known hantaviruses. The virus was first isolated in 1930 from a lamb during investigation of a disease that was causing…