The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

The more the virus replicates in a person, the higher their viral load will be. This typically makes the person more likely to spread the infection, as well. Influenza virus proteins in the act of ...

Reid, A. H., & Tautenberger, J. K. The origin of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus: A continuing enigma. Journal of General Virology 84, 2285–2292 (2003) ...

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated 1918 Influenza virus, seen here, 18 hours after infection. Courtesy: CDC/Dr. Terrence Tumpey Despite recent advances in microbiology ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Variation in the affinities of different influenza virus strains for binding to various host receptors may lead to their transmission to new mammalian hosts; for example, influenza emergence has ...

On Tuesday 28 November 2023 a black-browed albatross, that was found dead on Steeple Jason, was swabbed for highly pathogenic avian influenza. A positive result was returned. As several (20-30 ...