Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five ...

UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

RNA viruses are renowned for their elegant structure and finely tuned self‐assembly processes, which are critical both for viral life cycles and for potential applications in nanotechnology and ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s health ministry recommended upgrading Nipah virus to Category 5 infectious disease status on ...

A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may disrupt how carbon and nutrients are recycled in the ocean, potentially altering ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.

Impact Respiratory RNA Virus Diseases' and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pleased to launch Volume II for this topic.The threat posed by avian influenza to humans today, the possibility of ...

The rapid evolutionary dynamics of RNA viruses, driven by high mutation rates and the consequent formation of complex quasispecies populations, present a formidable obstacle to conventional molecular ...

Researchers at San Diego State University and Michigan State University are shedding new light on how viruses meticulously pack their genetic material - a breakthrough that could help researchers ...