Given the enormous estimated burden of respiratory virus infections worldwide, a substantial number of research priorities exist in order to better understand their epidemiology, pathogenesis ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Pathogenesis –- literally ... can considerably alter immune responses. A virus that replicates with a high mutation rate such as LCMV or influenza, for example, produces progeny that potentially ...

Pathogenesis is the term that is used to ... suppresses TNF production by lung interstitial macrophages early in influenza virus infection. In this way, B cells reduce early lung inflammation ...

A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center, with multiple academic, state and ...

Host immune and proinflammatory responses to respiratory virus infections play key roles in disease pathogenesis and end-organ damage in the case of severe infections. These responses are diverse ...