Deltacoronaviruses: How many steps to Disease X?
Deltacoronaviruses: How many steps to Disease X? A novel porcine virus can enter human cells In this week’s paper, we summarize an important discovery regarding the capability of certain viruses to cross species barriers. Working together, scientists based in American...
Ebola: What’s in the toolbox?
Ebola: What’s in the toolbox? For the almost 40 years that preceded the most recent epidemics, Ebola virus (EBOV) had only caused limited outbreaks of up to 400 cases. However, by the time the 2013 epidemic was over in 2016, the virus had caused 28,616 infections and...
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,...Page 24 of 29