Jyvaskylavirus is detailed in a study recently published in eLife, and named for Jyväskylä, the Finnish city where it was ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

Finnish scientists have identified the country's first giant virus, Jyvaskylavirus, in local soil. The virus infects amoebas ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have made a remarkable discovery: the first giant virus ever isolated ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

The recent success of an experimental bird flu vaccine in trials marks a significant step forward in the fight against avian influenza. Researchers from the University of Buffalo have demonstrated ...

Biologically, H5N1 isn’t so different from any other influenza A virus ... structure of its hemagglutinin. Its current version sticks to a specific arrangement of sugars on the surface of bird ...