The global search for a group A streptococcal (Strep A) vaccine has narrowed after researchers identified a common gene signature […]
New analysis predicts top U.S. counties at risk for measles outbreaks: Cook County, Illinois, tops the list, followed by Los Angeles County, California, and Miami-Dade County, Florida
A team of researchers has identified 25 U.S. counties that are most likely to experience measles outbreaks in 2019. Their […]
Significant delays in West Nile virus reporting: Delays impact accurate infectious disease forecasting
Mount Sinai researchers found significant delays in reporting human cases of West Nile virus, hampering real-time forecasting of the potentially […]
Molecules with strong anti-Zika virus potential: The finding might also have application in developing anti-parasite and antibacterial treatments
The Zika virus is widely known for causing microcephaly and other brain defects in the fetuses of pregnant, infected women. […]
First ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant
For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with […]
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight: The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA […]
Discovery upturns understanding of how some viruses multiply
Scientists have shown that different segments of a virus genome can exist in distinct cells but work together to cause […]
These less common proteins may help fend off the flu
Influenza type B, though generally less widespread than type A, poses a formidable threat for vulnerable populations like the elderly […]
Mathematicians develop model of spatial distribution of HIV and other viruses in the body for the first time
RUDN mathematicians created a mathematical model to describe spatial distribution of viruses in the body. It analyzes the growth of […]
Mystical disease X – Unknown infection could be a world threat
Disease X – When a deadly plague is coming The world health organization lists the “disease X” as the “epidemic […]