When virologists Fouchier and Kawaoka were isolating avian influenza H5N1 viruses that could transmit among ferrets by aerosol, there was consternation from some quarters that such viruses might escape from…
Hepatitis B virus (HBV, illustrated) is a substantial human pathogen. WHO estimates that there are now 240,000,000 individuals chronically infected with HBV worldwide, of which 25% will die from chronic…
…discoveries about genome interactions between infecting viruses and the defective-interfering particles that they generate. Some very far-reaching conclusions about the nature of virus-virus and virus-cell interactions during viral infections have…
…hell (TWiP 62) Hepaciviruses and pegiviruses in bats and rodents (TWiV 231) Bats out of hell (TWiV 183) Going to bat for flu research (TWiV 173) Matt’s bats (TWiV 65)…
…attract comments, and to this day it remains one of the most commented posts on virology blog. My views on whether or not viruses are living have certainly evolved; a…
…a new tick borne virus in China, Jingmen tick virus (JMTV). The genome of this virus comprises four segments of (+) stranded RNA. Two of the RNA segments have no…
