University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has been identified in more than 110 countries around the world.

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

The RNP complex is the influenza virus’s essential package, the virus’s blueprints and a copy machine all rolled in one. The ...

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 ...

Researchers at the HZI and the Medical Center – University of Freiburg uncover new mechanisms for influenza viruses to enter cells Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future ...

Influenza is a global health challenge because the virus constantly changes. Therefore, it is difficult to develop a universal influenza vaccine. The search for antibodies is ongoing, and at the ...

He then delivers a case full of the labelled samples to ... it for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). The disease, which is commonly known as bird flu, has been surging in the United ...

He then delivers a case full of the labelled samples to the University of Windsor, where researchers test it for highly pathogenic avian influenza ... virus in the water samples they receive, they're ...

The 2009 pandemic influenza was declared in April 2009 and by August 2010 it was declared over.13 This is based on the assumption that the pandemic virus (H1N1) was actively circulating for 6–8 weeks ...

Experts urge US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human infections. Here's what to know ...