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Dear K.C.H.: In the herpes family, there are eight viruses that primarily infect humans, as well as a few animal herpesviruses that rarely do so.

For the first-time we can take a molecular-level look at one of the world's deadliest crop killers.

(HealthDay)—Seasonal influenza viruses are circulating widely in the Southern Hemisphere, but influenza activity is currently low in the United Sta

“They are less common over the summer so immunity seems to be down a little bit.

Many of the world's most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses -- Ebola, Zika and flu, for example -- and most have no FDA-ap

Antibiotic resistance is a one of the world’s most pressing public health problems.

Researchers have developed a new method to target and kill specific bacteria using viruses, an advance that may help overcome the growing threat of

Local administration of oncolytic viruses to tumours can promote anticancer immune responses that lead to the abscopal regression of distant metast

Oct. 4 (UPI) --Scientists have captured images of individual viruses forming, gaining insights into the mechanics of viral assembly.

A new monoclonal antibody has been discovered that prevents the transmission of Nipah and Hendra viruses The antibody blocks transmission by preven

Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design.

For the first time, researchers have captured images of the formation of individual viruses, offering a real-time view into the kinetics of viral a

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Disease X is a term used to describe a disease which might one day develop into a deadly pandemic.

This year’s outbreak of mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis that has killed two Connecticut residents and three other people in New England

Joachim Messing, a pioneer of DNA sequencing whose techniques enabled scientists to study the building blocks of viruses, improve the yield of crop

New research reveals that the way viruses were perceived in terms of their architecture will need to be retooled, because they are actually structu

The Oceans not only host large predators such as sharks or orcas. Even in the realm of the microscopic, some unicellular species consume others.

As tropical diseases spread from their historical home territories into new regions including Europe and the United States, UK researchers equipped

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) belongs to the herpesvirus family and is of clinical importance, especially during pregnancy or in immunosuppressed pat

In this study, we explore the circulation of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses in wild birds and poultry in the Netherlands.

When the Department of Agriculture confirmed the first outbreak of African Swine Fever in the country a couple of weeks ago, the public went on a p

Jasmijn Baaijens, PhD student in CWI’s Life Sciences and Health group, has developed a new computational tool that can reconstruct mutated versions