…intestine, is vaccine-associated poliomyelitis. During the years that the Sabin poliovirus vaccines (also called oral poliovirus vaccine, or OPV) were used in the US, cases of poliomyelitis caused by vaccine-derived…
Zika virus RNA has been detected in New World monkeys from the Northeast region of Brazil. This finding suggests that primates may serve as a reservoir host for the virus,…
…his work on HIV vaccines. You can find this TWiV Special at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen and watch here. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV-special-nabel.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download this TWiV Special (25 MB…
…International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses is responsible for virus classification and maintains the Universal Virus Database, where you can find information about most known viruses. Poliovirus is a…
…of bacteria and, eventually, viruses. I think the verse by Swift is wonderful. It crystallizes in a very amusing way the world of microscopic life that arose from van Leeuwenhoek’s…
…later, to the development of two effective vaccines. The use of these vaccines has nearly eradicated poliomyelitis from the globe. Yesterday was truly an important day in virology and medicine….
