…yellow fever virus, hepatitis C virus, West Nile virus); paramyxoviruses (Nipah virus, parainfluenza virus, Newcastle disease virus); retroviruses (HIV-1, murine leukemia virus); rhabdoviruses (vesicular stomatitis virus); and poxviruses (cowpox virus,…
…a related virus. Reconstruction of the origins of the 1918 influenza virus provides support for this hypothesis. Analysis of influenza virus genome sequences using a host-specific molecular clock together with…
…Mead, and White building. Lecture 1 €“ What is a virus? Viruses were originally discovered because of their size, relative to known bacterial cells. Tobacco mosaic virus was called a…
Amidst the fear surrounding Zika virus, remember that there are over 100,000 children born each year with birth defects caused by infection with rubella virus. The virus Rubella virus is…
…Q222L, G224S and PB2 E627K, did not transmit through the air among ferrets. In an attempt to select a virus with airborne transmissibility, the authors passed their modified H5N1 virus…
…1,000 cases of respiratory illness, with 86 fatalities. The influenza virus isolated from these individuals is similar to the H1N1 virus found in the American children last week. This virus…
