Influenza A virus (IAV) possesses a segmented, negative-sense RNA genome comprising eight distinct viral RNA (vRNA) segments. These segments form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that are ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

The molecular details of the influenza virus-host interplay are discussed in this article as well as how researchers are using this information to design new vaccines and novel antivirals.

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The genome of the influenza virus is divided into eight segments of RNA, each responsible for coding for different proteins. Some of these proteins are located on the virus surface such as ...

They gathered every genome that has been sequenced from a human virus — 679 in total. They copied pieces of the viral genomes and put them into human cells.

Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect July 1 and some of them make big changes you need to know. Here's the list.

Universal Ostrich Farm has been fighting a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) order ever since an avian flu outbreak last year threatened to wipe out its entire flock.