Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

Viruses don't technically eat, but they do consume. Depending on what kind of virus it is, a virion will hijack a specific type of host cell and then steal that cell's energy to feed its own ...

On the other hand, the virus has also developed various offensive ... Third, Nef enhances virion infectivity and viral replication 112. This effect is mediated by Nef present in HIV virions ...

Huge, bacteria-eating viruses could be a game-changer for antibiotics that currently struggle to fend off deadly infections.

disrupted virion assembly. Moreover, loops I–IV played an important role in virus binding and entry, while mutant 6 (S388A.G389A.K390A) exhibited robust activity in virus entry. Taken together, our ...

This 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion. (Cynthia Goldsmith ... The highly contagious avian flu, caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus, is widespread in wild birds. It ...

The African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the origin of the infectious illness ... The multiple-layer structure of the ASFV virion has been identified as a regular icosahedron with the following layers: ...

Split-virion inactivated vaccine containing 15 μg haemagglutinin ... Measures of disease activity remained unchanged. Conclusion: Influenza virus vaccine generated a humoral response in all study ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has lifted the suspension of poultry activities in Georgia, one of the country’s top ...

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Experts share concerns about the highly ...