A virus in a parasite in a human
…failure with anti-leishmania drugs. A double-stranded RNA virus was found over 20 years ago to infect different species of Leishmania, with up to 50% of clinical isolates infected. Leishmaniavirus (LRV)…
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Where Did HIV Come From?
by Gertrud U. Rey As discussed in my previous post, we first became aware of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the early 1980s. However, when did the virus actually emerge…
How Firestone controlled Ebola virus disease in Liberia
When the first case of Ebola virus infection was detected at the Firestone Liberia, Inc. rubber tree plantation in March of this year, the company needed to prevent the virus…
A Live-Attenuated Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccine Candidate
By Gertrud U. Rey There is currently no vaccine to prevent infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2 (HSV-1 or HSV-2). Infection with either of these viruses…
A Viral Heist
…Pegg, Sofia Zaichick and co-authors of a recent study, carried out a series of experiments using HSV-1 and pseudorabiesvirus (PRV), a herpesvirus in the same subfamily as HSV-1, which is…
Long-term effects of Ebolavirus infection
…Lassa virus survivors have hearing loss, while joint pain persists for 3-5 years in about 10% of those infected with chikungunya virus. Ebolavirus is a highly lethal virus, and those…