Ferreting out influenza H5N1
…is highly unlikely that laboratory-modified viruses will be able to cause extensive disease in humans. When humans tinker with viruses, they generally do not know what the virus needs to…
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Ebolavirus
…Ebolavirus vaccines and antivirals Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa Is it Ebolavirus or Ebola virus? Don’t panic, Ebolavirus is not heading for you How lethal is ebolavirus? Ebola virus glycoprotein…
Influenza virus transmission
…(3) by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols. The contribution of each mode to overall transmission of influenza is not known. However, CDC recommendations to control influenza virus transmission in health care…
Zika virus infection of the nervous system
…Zika virus is classified in the family Flaviviridae, and other members are known to be neurotropic, including West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus. West Nile virus…
The press concludes that arboviruses can be sexually transmitted
…Uganda, and subsequently shown to be transmitted by mosquitoes. Zika is classified as a flavivirus, along with well-known human pathogens such as yellow fever virus, dengue virus, and West Nile…
Good viruses visiting bad neighborhoods
…codon (NoStop virus). 1-to-Stop viruses replicated normally, but when mutagenized, they had significantly lower fitness than wild type or NoStop viruses. Extensive passage of the virus in cells, which would…