Zika virus and the fetus
…Zika virus causes microcephaly will require much more information than is currently available. So far there have been few isolations of Zika virus RNA from microcephalic fetuses or amniotic fluid….
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Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board
…Nova Southeastern University Professor Emeritus University of Miami School of Medicine Fort Lauderdale, Florida Kenneth J. Friedman, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology (retired) New Jersey Medical School University…
Bat SARS-like coronavirus: It’s not SARS 2.0!
…of this virus in humans is very low. The attenuated virulence of the SCH014-MA15 virus in mice suggests (but does not prove) that the recombinant virus is not optimized for…
Zika virus crosses the placenta and causes microcephaly in mice
…of Zika virus was injected into the brain of embryonic day 13.5 mice, the virus replicated mainly in neural progenitor cells, but also in many other brain cells (link to…
Why swine flu isn’t so scary
…concerns about the new H1N1 viruses: 1. The swine virus belongs to the same H1N1 group as did the 1918 pandemic virus. 2. The swine virus is readily transmitted from…
More filoviruses in bats
…vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein. Such viruses, called pseudotypes, allow the study of the Mengla virus glycoprotein without having infectious virus. The VSV pseudotyped virus with the Mengla virus glycoprotein required…