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 ...

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

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

Somewhere on a remote island in the Pacific, a chicken falls ill. Local farmers notice the signs – lethargy, strange swelling ...

Sep. 11, 2024 — Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in the wastewater of 10 Texas ...

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.

Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded eight new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the state’s Public Health Department ...

Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect on July 1 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 11 more the day before. Here is what ...