South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America. Sporadic reports of an infection causing fevers, ...

In a study of newborn piglets, infection with influenza A was associated with disruptions in the piglets' nasal and gut microbiomes, and with potentially detrimental changes in gene activity in the ...

This particular giant virus, which they called Jyvaskylavirus, is 200 nanometers in diameter, or about two times the size of an influenza or coronavirus.

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

“We are working to understand what the important features of an antibody are that make it effective at neutralizing — blocking — the virus. As part of the team that in 2017 mapped the structure of a ...

Influenza A virus contains an eight-segmented negative-sense single-stranded RNA genome which encodes at least ten major viral proteins (PB2, PB1, PA/P3, HA, NP, NA, M1, M2, NS1, and NS2). Each RNA ...

A 1982 study found influenza A remained contagious up to 48 hours on hard plastic or stainless steel, while a 2008 publication found these viruses stayed infectious for up to three days on Swiss ...

The potential “tripledemic” of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern. Vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19 and influenza, with ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is changing over time. NIAID-RML, CC BY One of the most concerning features of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is how it moves or changes over time during the evolution of the ...