Viral reproduction and replication
…The crystallization of tobacco mosaic virus in 1935 lead many to think that viruses were not organisms but chemicals. Stanley, who carried out this work, thought that viruses were infectious…
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Human infections with influenza H5N1 virus: How many?
…the virus might be lower if there are many infections accompanied by mild or no disease. One way to answer this question is to determine how many individuals carry antibodies…
Virus Watch: Building Zika virus
…In this video from Virus Watch I explain how the Zika virus particle is built, and how it interacts with an antibody that blocks infection, in beautiful three dimensional imagery….
Zika Virus in the USA
On this episode of Virus Watch we cover three Zika virus stories: the first human trial of a Zika virus vaccine, the first local transmission of infection in the United…
TWiV 42: Bats and ticks
…virus-like particle vaccine, dog flu, ultrasensitive pen-sized virus detector, imported rabies in the US, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and next season’s flu vaccines. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV042.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play,…
Viruses and the respiratory tract
Now that we have a rudimentary understanding of influenza virus replication, we can begin to consider how the virus causes disease – a field of study called viral pathogenesis. The…