Where Did HIV Come From?
by Gertrud U. Rey As discussed in my previous post, we first became aware of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the early 1980s. However, when did the virus actually emerge…
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How Firestone controlled Ebola virus disease in Liberia
When the first case of Ebola virus infection was detected at the Firestone Liberia, Inc. rubber tree plantation in March of this year, the company needed to prevent the virus…
A Live-Attenuated Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccine Candidate
…almost undetectable viral genome copy numbers at three days and eight days post-challenge, respectively. Histological evaluation also revealed significant signs of inflammation, with infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages at days…
Children transmit SARS-CoV-2
…adults (over 18). While infectious virus was not measured, these differences mean that young children could have 10 to 100 times more infectious virus in their upper respiratory tracts. The…
A Viral Heist
…Pegg, Sofia Zaichick and co-authors of a recent study, carried out a series of experiments using HSV-1 and pseudorabiesvirus (PRV), a herpesvirus in the same subfamily as HSV-1, which is…
Long-term effects of Ebolavirus infection
…Lassa virus survivors have hearing loss, while joint pain persists for 3-5 years in about 10% of those infected with chikungunya virus. Ebolavirus is a highly lethal virus, and those…