How do you diagnose polyomavirus infection in immunocompromised patients?
In our ASK VRS series, every month we will reply to a question asked through our website or social media. This month, Ali sent us the following question: Can I search for polyomavirus specific IgG and IgM antibodies in cancer patients’ serum or, because they are...
The making of dengue virus: the 3′ UTR
In the first blog of our dengue series, we described dengue’s 5′ untranslated region (UTR) – a relative short sequence (around 100 nucleotides) that includes two elements essential for genome replication: (i) the promoter for RNA synthesis, (known as stem-loop A), and...
How do you go about making a vaccine? – II Part
Preclinical testing comes at a relatively early stage in vaccine discovery, as the development of an immune response following antigen administration can only be tested in an organism. If adequate models are available, protection from (or attenuation of) viral...
Why bird flu doesn’t do well in humans
Influenza A viruses are a common concern among many animal species, including birds, horses, pigs, and humans and the effects can range from asymptomatic to severe respiratory injury leading to death. The low fidelity of the genome-replication machinery – together...Page 14 of 33