Towards conquering the influenza virus
Towards conquering the influenza virus This week we walk through a relevant short editorial by Gail Teitzel entitled “The Moving Target of Flu” that highlights some interesting approaches to vaccine design and optimization. Annually, influenza virus...
Uncovering the virosphere
Uncovering the virosphere We know that viruses are everywhere and there are a lot of them. But how little we know about them is only now becoming clear. In particular, RNA viruses seem to have many surprises to offer. The reasons for this lack of knowledge, the recent...
Zika infection:does dengue make it worse?
Zika infection: does dengue make it worse? This week we walk through an interesting Trends in Microbiology review by Sariol et al. that addresses recent investigations into the possibility of enhanced Zika virus pathogenesis when the infection follows a previous...
What made Zika special?
What was special about ZIKV? Although it was first identified in 1947, the world first came to be aware of Zika virus (ZIKV) during the 2015 epidemics in South America, where 1.5 million people were infected, and a surge of cases of microcephaly and congenital Zika...Page 26 of 29