Tag: Virology

The identification of a gene that helps to restrict the host range of the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) could ...

BK polyomavirus reactivation is a major source of kidney damage in transplant recipients leading to rejection, so reducing viral levels ...

Credit: E. Wikander/Azote/Stockholm University New research from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet shows that viruses interact with proteins in the ...

The most severe pandemic in recent history, killing some 50 million people worldwide, the Spanish influenza, may have emerged up ...

Special diffraction gratings with gold plates instead of microlenses can accelerate the generation of images in nanoscopesCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University ...

Study subjects interviewed people with vaccine-preventable diseasesCredit: BYU Photo The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to ...

New method can get anti-viral vaccines safely and cheaply to previously inaccessible populationsCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, May 21, ...

First comprehensive study in Mexicali, MX looks at disease spreadCredit: Janet Foley/UC Davis In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of ...

Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat ...

Credit: Kanazawa University The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global ...

Late appearance of neutralizing antibodies contrast to current vaccines Antiviral antibodies produced by survivors of Ebola infection continue to evolve ...

"We now know for sure that Zika virus infection during pregnancy can affect the unborn foetus in such a way ...

A discovery of how stem cells are protected from viruses could inform the development of therapies for use in medicine, ...

City of Hope scientists explore how swallowing a 'bacterial envelope molecule' may prime your body to fend off viral infections ...

New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have pinpointed a key reason why people are more likely to get sick and ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Twenty-five counties across the country have been identified to be most at risk for a measles outbreak ...

Study uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the world's deadliest viruses to replicate Viruses are masterful invaders. They cannibalize ...

Credit: Kara Walker Two sniffling chimps could be one too many for a wild chimpanzee community susceptible to respiratory disease ...

Small mutations lead to significant impacts on hepatitis C virus replication in miceCredit: Credit: Jenna Gaska, Princeton University Small differences ...

New EFSA campaign highlights the food safety system in the EU As the EFSA Focal Point in Germany, the German ...