Are American Zika strains more virulent than Pacific and Asian strains?
Credit: Shigeru Tajima, CC BY 4.0 Over recent years, Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread eastward from Africa and Asia, leading ...
Tag: Virology
Vulnerability to Ebola and Lassa fever can now be properly assessed
Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and ...
Gene-edited chicken cells resist bird flu virus in the lab
Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to stop the bird flu virus from spreading in chicken cells grown in the lab. ...
New $2 million DOD grant funds Zika vaccine testing at Texas Biomed
Researcher describes 'sense of urgency' to protect vulnerable populationsCredit: Texas Biomedical Research institute San Antonio, Texas (June 3, 2019) - ...
Snapshot of chikungunya could lead to drugs, vaccines for viral arthritis
Researchers create detailed image of virus bound to protein found on cells in jointsCredit: Katherine Basore Chikungunya virus, once confined ...
Understanding why virus can't replicate in human cells could improve vaccines
The identification of a gene that helps to restrict the host range of the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) could ...
Viral study suggests an approach that may decrease kidney damage in transplant patients
BK polyomavirus reactivation is a major source of kidney damage in transplant recipients leading to rejection, so reducing viral levels ...
Coat of proteins makes viruses more infectious and links them to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: E. Wikander/Azote/Stockholm University New research from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet shows that viruses interact with proteins in the ...
Spanish flu may have lingered two years before 1918 outbreak and vaccine could have treated it
The most severe pandemic in recent history, killing some 50 million people worldwide, the Spanish influenza, may have emerged up ...
Scientists proposed a novel configuration of nanoscopes
Special diffraction gratings with gold plates instead of microlenses can accelerate the generation of images in nanoscopesCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University ...
Exposing vaccine hesitant to real-life pain of diseases makes them more pro-vaccine
Study subjects interviewed people with vaccine-preventable diseasesCredit: BYU Photo The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to ...
McMaster researchers create a better way to transport life-saving vaccines
New method can get anti-viral vaccines safely and cheaply to previously inaccessible populationsCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, May 21, ...
Rocky mountain spotted fever risks examined
First comprehensive study in Mexicali, MX looks at disease spreadCredit: Janet Foley/UC Davis In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of ...
New single vaccination approach to killer diseases
Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat ...
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