West Nile Virus
…This bird-mosquito-bird pattern is known as an enzootic cycle. West Nile virus may cause a serious disease in humans called viral encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). The virus was first…
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Thoughts on this season’s influenza vaccine
…single influenza season. Younger recipients will likely be protected from disease for one influenza season, and perhaps a second season as well, although in the latter case a milder respiratory…
How lethal is rabies virus?
…likely infected, but did not develop fatal disease. It is also possible that they received a sufficiently large dose of virus to induce antibodies, but that viral replication did not…
Poliovirus type 2 returns
…in Polio among the Amish. The outbreak of type 2 poliovirus in Nigeria began in 2006. There have been 126 cases of paralytic disease reported so far in 2009. Before…
Reovirus infection of farmed salmon
Global fish farming may be the solution to the impending collapse of the commercial fishing industry, but penned fish are susceptible to infectious diseases. Infection with salmon infectious anemia virus,…
Why John Coffin doesn’t sleep well
…a causative role in the disease. In this video he expresses cautious optimism about the role of XMRV (and related murine retroviruses) in human disease. Note in particular his statement…