Ten cool facts about viruses
…was coined from the Latin word meaning slimy liquid or poison. 5. Walter Reed discovered the first human virus, yellow fever virus, in 1901. 6. Viruses are not alive €“…
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Crislip on flu vaccine efficacy
…that Mark is aware of the proper name for antiviral drugs. To enable meaningful discussions, everyone should know that the terms antibiotic and antiviral have very different meaning. [audio:http://www.quackcast.com/spodcasts/files/podcast_34.mp3|titles=Quackcast 35]…
Prokaryotes considered
…camp of the users of the term. Although the term has carried a phylogenetic burden, meaning that it originally implied a close evolutionary relationship between the Bacteria and the Archaea,…
Don’t censor influenza research
…not only the data, but the future of science in coming to their decision. Thanks to Dr. Markel for writing the Op-Ed I’ve been meaning to put together for a…
Origin of the H5N1 storm
…manuscript the authors note that after intransal inoculation, the animals have signs of disease but did not die. However, after intratracheal inoculation with the virus, all six ferrets died. Their…
Part of MERS-CoV nucleotide sequence found in a bat
…has been published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Samples (fecal, fecal swab, throat swab, blood) were collected from bats in an area of Saudi Arabia where human infections with MERS-CoV have…