Richard Elliott, virologist
…an infectious DNA clone of poliovirus. It proved very difficult to make infectious DNAs of negative strand RNA viruses, and it was Richard who was the first to accomplish this…
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Poliovirus is IRESistable
…been a long-standing question in virology. For poliovirus, it was first believed that the restricted tropism was a consequence of where the virus receptor is located. The virus receptor is…
SARS-CoV-2 related viruses from bats in Laos
…not by control sera. Infectious BANAL-236 virus was recovered from a bat fecal swab after inoculation of Vero cells, providing a rare virus isolate for a bat SARS-CoV-2 like virus….
H5N1 in U.S. Dairy Cattle: An Unprecedented Event in the History of Virology
…(2024). Avian influenza virus type H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle. https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health/avian-influenza/avian-influenza-virus-type-h5n1-us-dairy-cattle – CDC (2024). Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Mammals. https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/mammals.html – USDA (2024) – USDA and HHS Announce New Actions…
Mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection?
…permissive for infection by many important viruses. For example, mice and mouse cells are permissive for poliovirus replication, but are not susceptible to infection with the virus. Mice can be…
The abundant and diverse viruses of the seas
…white spot syndrome virus of panaeid shrimp is a member of a new virus family. Viruses of commercially important finfish include herpesviruses, reoviruses, nodaviruses, birnaviruses, and rhabdoviruses. How these viruses…