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Study explores the stability of monkeypox viral DNA in various body fluid samples

Researchers used laboratory diagnostic testing data of monkeypox cases and performed. They performed mathematical modeling to predict how long monkeypox viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) remains detectable in different body fluid samples.

24 Oct 2022

A novel approach for viral genomic surveillance

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States explored a novel technique to improve representation in viral genomic surveillance.

24 Oct 2022

Research suggests that ORF6 is a major SARS-CoV-2 innate immune antagonist

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers in the United States demonstrated how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) open reading frame 6 (ORF6) protein contributes to viral pathogenesis and modulates the host's immune responses.

23 Oct 2022

Analyses of 11 commercially available PCR kits to detect monkeypox virus DNA

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, researchers in Germany and Switzerland evaluated 11 commercial reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) kits (A to L) for Monkeypox virus (MPXV) detection.

23 Oct 2022

FebriDX point-of-care immunoassay can rapidly determine if an infection is bacterial or viral

Researchers explore whether FebriDx could differentiate between bacteria- and virus-induced immune responses during acute respiratory infection.

23 Oct 2022

How does COVID-19 and its treatment affect testicular function?

Researchers summarized available information related to the reproductive effects of COVID-19 in men.

23 Oct 2022

Study determines SARS-CoV-2 viability on food items at different temperatures

A recent study explores the viability of SARS-CoV-2 on food items and what treatments may inactivate the virus from these products.

23 Oct 2022

Fully vaccinated U.S. frontline workers may experience reduced severity, duration, and viral shedding during SARS-CoV-2

Researchers investigated the association between two or three doses of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine and viral loads and symptoms during infections with different SARS-CoV-2 variants.

23 Oct 2022

Biochemical and structural evidence demonstrates Omicron mutations are better adapted to mouse ACE2 than to human ACE2

Researchers demonstrated the structural basis of how the receptor-binding domain nested Omicron mutations have adapted to mouse angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 rather than human ACE2.

22 Oct 2022

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

Researchers at Boston University made a chimeric recombinant SARS-CoV-2 encoding the spike glycoprotein gene of Omicron in the backbone of an ancestral SARS-CoV-2 isolate.

22 Oct 2022

Monkeypox virus infection and its persistence in the testes of infected crab-eating macaques

Researchers performed retrospective detection of the monkeypox virus in the testes of nonhuman primates.

22 Oct 2022

Anthelmintic inhibits exacerbated inflammatory response related to COVID-19 in preclinical research

Experiments involving animals and human cells conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil suggest that niclosamide, an anthelmintic widely used against tapeworms, effectively inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication as well as the exacerbated inflammatory response that leads to death in many patients with severe COVID-19.

21 Oct 2022

Clinical-pathological links between SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth and maternal COVID-19 vaccination

Drucilla J. Roberts, MD, from the Mass General Department of Pathology and colleagues recently published a literature review in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, titled SARS-CoV-2 Placentitis, Stillbirth and Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination: Clinical-Pathological Correlations.

21 Oct 2022

Breakthrough discovery is a 'major step forward' in understanding cervical cancer

Scientists have discovered that cervical cancer can be divided into two distinct molecular subgroups – one far more aggressive than the other – as part of the largest 'omics' study of its kind, led by researchers at UCL and the University of Southampton.

21 Oct 2022

Modeling study suggests the possibility of Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak in Australia

A paper from a research team, which included mathematical modeling expertise from LSHTM and was led by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, has suggested that up to 750,000 people across Australia could be at risk of exposure to Japanese encephalitis (JEV).

21 Oct 2022

Exploring SARS-CoV-2-associated endothelial dysfunction

A new study described the evidence, mechanisms, and therapies for endothelial dysfunction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

21 Oct 2022

Are pediatric COVID-19 samples less infectious?

Researchers determine whether children are less hospitable to SARS-CoV-2 and, as a result, pose a lower risk of a viral spread than adults.

20 Oct 2022

Scientists map structure of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoprotein complex

A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.

20 Oct 2022

Three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine fully protects adults living with HIV

A three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B fully protected adults living with HIV who had never been vaccinated against or infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to study findings presented today at the IDWeek conference in Washington, D.C.

20 Oct 2022

New method opens path for targeting the molecules responsible for HIV virus' growth

A new method could make it possible to identify the most dangerous parts of the HIV virus, so they can be singled out for attack.

20 Oct 2022

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

Study explores the stability of monkeypox viral DNA in various body fluid samples

A novel approach for viral genomic surveillance

Research suggests that ORF6 is a major SARS-CoV-2 innate immune antagonist

Analyses of 11 commercially available PCR kits to detect monkeypox virus DNA

FebriDX point-of-care immunoassay can rapidly determine if an infection is bacterial or viral

How does COVID-19 and its treatment affect testicular function?

Study determines SARS-CoV-2 viability on food items at different temperatures

Fully vaccinated U.S. frontline workers may experience reduced severity, duration, and viral shedding during SARS-CoV-2

Biochemical and structural evidence demonstrates Omicron mutations are better adapted to mouse ACE2 than to human ACE2

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

Monkeypox virus infection and its persistence in the testes of infected crab-eating macaques

Anthelmintic inhibits exacerbated inflammatory response related to COVID-19 in preclinical research

Clinical-pathological links between SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth and maternal COVID-19 vaccination

Breakthrough discovery is a 'major step forward' in understanding cervical cancer

Modeling study suggests the possibility of Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak in Australia

Exploring SARS-CoV-2-associated endothelial dysfunction

Are pediatric COVID-19 samples less infectious?

Scientists map structure of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoprotein complex

Three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine fully protects adults living with HIV

New method opens path for targeting the molecules responsible for HIV virus' growth

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