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It has been known for some time that enteroviruses like the poliovirus drastically rearrange the inside of infected cells, but it has not been understood exactly how, because technology has not ...
Health authorities are sounding the alarm after poliovirus was found in sewage in Germany, Poland, and Spain this autumn. None of these countries have reported actual cases of poliomyelitis, known ...
For the first time, researchers at Umeå University can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles. Polio was ...
Poliovirus, the virus that causes polio, is also a type of enterovirus. Most people with poliovirus infections will not have symptoms. According to the CDC, about 1 in 4 people get flu-like ...
Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are rising, and the virus could lead to a rare polio-like condition in children. Dr. Leana Wen tells parents what they need to know.
Within the poliovirus surveillance programs, the clinical cases with CNS symptoms and the AFP cases can see non-polio enteroviruses detected, but analysis is usually incomplete and merely as a by ...
The virus—a non-polio enterovirus called EV-D68—typically causes mild respiratory illness, much like a cold, and is often an indistinguishable drip in the constant stream of snotty childhood ...
For the first time, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles.
There are also over 100 different strains of enteroviruses, including poliovirus, the pathogen famously responsible for polio, a disease notorious for paralyzing its victims.
Advisories about enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, have been issued after the CDC noted more children were being hospitalized for severe respiratory illness. L.A., O.C. health departments warn of EV-D68 ...
Polio was thought to be almost eradicated, ... We have good reason to believe that our findings are valid for the large group of viruses to which poliovirus belongs, enteroviruses.