How is a dengue vaccine feasible?
How is a dengue vaccine feasible? A dearth of information on individual susceptibility and correlatives of protection is a major problem in understanding dengue infections and pathogenesis. While recent monitoring data on a large Nicaraguan child cohort has provided...
A new host factor for Old World arthritogenic viruses
A new host factor for Old World arthritogenic viruses Old World and New World alphaviruses Alphaviruses are mosquito-transmitted viruses that cause a range of human diseases, with manifestations varying from fever or rash to significant inflammatory pathologies,...
Targeting the host to defeat the virus
Targeting the host to defeat the virus Amongst the various viruses that can cause flu- and cold-like illnesses, rhinoviruses are the most common. Picornaviridae Rhinoviruses (RV) are a family of single-stranded RNA viruses. More than 100 distinct RV serotypes have...
Evolutionary insights into cross-species transmission
Evolutionary insights into cross-species transmission Pathogens emerging from the wild constitute one of the major risks to human and animal health. Beside occasional spillovers, where pathogens can accidentally infect a new host, taxon shifts involve a degree of...Page 24 of 29