The Quest for a Dengue Vaccine
The Quest for a Dengue Vaccine Dengue fever is a viral disease and its prevalence has grown dramatically and globally in recent decades. Dengue fever is caused by the dengue virus (DENV), an arthropod-borne pathogen transmitted to vertebrates by infected mosquitos,...
More unexpected troubles from flaviviruses
More unexpected troubles from flaviviruses The functions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are controlled by the so-called enteric nervous system (ENS). Although influenced by the central and the autonomous nervous systems, the ENS can act independently of both, and...
Finding influenza’s Achilles’ heel
Finding influenza’s Achilles’ heel Influenza virus is a moving target The influenza virus is a moving target. Because of its constant mutations and genetic re-assortments, clinical virologists struggle to keep up (read more about it here). Point mutations in the amino...
Did Zika mutate and turn ugly?
Did Zika mutate and turn ugly? Zika virus (ZIKV) has been around for a while, first isolated by serendipity in a sentinel monkey that developed fever during observation in 1947. It was then observed in the human population during the course of several sporadic foci in...Page 19 of 29