Treatment of Ebola virus infection with brincidofovir
…bioterrorism attack with smallpox virus. Ebola virus is an RNA virus, so why was brincidofovir used to treat the Dallas patient? According to the drug’s manufacturer, Chimerix, with the onset…
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Non-fatal attraction
…a full discussion of this finding). Plant pollinators can also respond to plant virus-induced volatile compounds (paper link) Cucumber mosaic virus is a (+) strand RNA virus that is a…
WHO on Ebola virus transmission
…the Ebola virus over several decades. Moreover, scientists are unaware of any virus that has dramatically changed its mode of transmission*. For example, the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has…
Influenza A viruses in bats
…and non-bat influenza A viruses diverged, a reassortment event occurred that introduced the HA of a non-bat influenza A virus into the genome of a bat influenza A virus. Serological…
Kermit’s urumi
…influenza virus particles. Urumin also reduced disease, death, and the amount of virus in the lung in mice intranasally infected with influenza virus. These observations suggest that urumin is worthy…
Influenza HA cleavage is required for infectivity
…occur. Therefore influenza viruses with uncleaved HA are not infectious. Cleavage of the viral HA occurs after newly synthesized virions are released from cells. Influenza viruses replicate efficiently in eggs…