Bodyguard manipulation by a virus
…ladybeetle. Sequencing of RNA from the heads of parasitized ladybeetles revealed the presence of an RNA virus which the authors call D. coccinellae paralysis virus, DcPV. The virus is a…
…ladybeetle. Sequencing of RNA from the heads of parasitized ladybeetles revealed the presence of an RNA virus which the authors call D. coccinellae paralysis virus, DcPV. The virus is a…
…these reassortants, I co-infected cells in culture with both viruses, allowed them to replicate, and then harvested the newly synthesized viruses. I then did a plaque assay with the viruses…
…etiologies. One possibility is that a non-polio enterovirus is involved. Poliovirus is classified within the genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae. Other enteroviruses besides poliovirus are known to cause paralytic…
…are inactivated by heating. For example, when vesicular stomatitis virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 2, and human foamy virus are grown in non-human cells which produce α-Gal, the virions can…
…could lead to large-scale dissemination of an oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 virus, similar to what occurred with recent H1N1 virus seasonal strains. Baz M, Abed Y, Papenburg J, Bouhy X, Hamelin…
…the name ‘swine flu’? The virus is of swine-origin but is now clearly a human strain of influenza virus. The virus can infect pigs (and other animals) but has not…