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The influenza virus type A (IVA) is an important pathogen which is able to cause annual epidemics and even pandemics. This fact is the consequence of the antigenic shifts and drifts capabilities of IVA,...

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Sequencing has gone from a laborious manual task costing thousands of dollars to a quick and cheap practice that is standard for many laboratories.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca DNA...

To date, biologists have typically had to study the progress of a virus through indirect means, such as studying the antibodies — actually tracking thSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca...

Viruses that infected our ancestors provided the genetic foundations for many traits that define us. The rise of the mammals may be feel like a familiar tale, but there’s a twist you likely don’t know...

Biofilms are arguably the most common state of microbial growth found in nature and in patients infected with pathogenic organisms. A feature of prokaryotic and eukaryotic biofilms is their production of an extracellular matrix....

Therapeutic gene transfer holds the promise of providing lasting therapies and even cures for diseases that were previously untreatable or for which only temporary or suboptimal treatments were available. For some time, clinical gene...

Deer hunting season doesn’t start for a couple more weeks, but a virus has already taken out dozens of deer.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Deer Orbivirus Spreading Throughout Illinois...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major global disease burden, often leading to chronic liver diseases, cirrhosis, cancer, and death in those infected. Despite the recent approval of antiviral therapeutics, a preventative vaccine is...

Abstract MOTIVATION: The recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) resulted in a large number of human deaths. Due to this devastation, the Ebola virus has attracted renewed interest as model for virus evolution....