…is classified in the picornavirus family which also contains poliovirus and rhinoviruses. The virus is highly contagious and readily spreads long distances via wind currents, and among animals by aerosols…
…that viruses can be protected for long periods of time – under the right conditions. The oldest virus recovered so far is the giant Pithovirus sibericum, which was isolated from…
…included pneumonia and bronchiolitis. On the basis of its physical, chemical, and biological properties, the virus was classified as an enterovirus in the picornavirus family. Subsequently named enterovirus D68, it…
There are many examples of viruses with segmented genomes – like influenza viruses – but these genomes segments are packaged in one virus particle. Sometimes the genome segments are separately…
…the same in everyone and so if a virus emerges with a slightly different epitope, it will evade antibody in anyone infected with that virus. T cell epitopes are different….
…drug resistant influenza virus mutants. However, there might be a silver lining to this otherwise dismal prediction. Transmission of oseltamivir-resistant influenza viruses was studied in a guinea pig model for…
