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...
Tech Advance: direct RNA sequencing of the native flu genome
Tech Advance: direct RNA sequencing of the native flu genome Indirect sequencing of RNA Ribonucleic acid sequencing can be used to monitor the RNAs present in a sample. So far, the sequencing of RNA has been mostly indirect, being first reverse transcribed into cDNA,...
Where does norovirus go?
Where does norovirus go? Norovirus infections cause 700 million cases of acute viral gastroenteritis each year and about 200,000 deaths. For most people, a norovirus infection resolves shortly after the acute manifestation, but in some individuals, the virus is...
The Achille’s heel of influenza
The Achille’s heel of influenza Influenza virus evolves so rapidly that last year’s antibodies usually cannot protect us from this year’s viral strain. This is due to specific characteristics of the virus that make it highly prone to mutate. First,...Page 25 of 29