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Most infections by human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are `acute’, that is non-persistent. Yet, for HPVs, as for many other oncoviruses, there is a striking gap between our detailed understanding of chronic infections and our limited...

The Spanish influenza pandemic in the years 1918-1920 was the largest and most tragic pandemic of infectious disease in human history. Deciphering the structure of the virus (including the determination of complete genome sequence)...

Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Spanish Flu Pandemic in Canada 1918-2018 at www.Testaments.ca Subscribe NOW! Ed Rybicki’s insight:We ought to do that here…. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Digital Historian Project:...

Australia’s new cervical screening program should cut unnecessary surgery In December, Australia’s cervical screening program will switch from Pap smears to HPV tests, and Aussie researchers have published a study predicting that the new...

South Africa – Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in birds See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News South Africa – Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in birds Source: Virology News

A third dose of mumps-containing vaccine is recommended for people at risk during outbreaks. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Rise in mumps outbreaks prompts U.S. panel to endorse 3rd vaccine dose Source:...

Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Oct;130(4):693-701. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002193. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Change in Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among U.S. Women Aged 18-59 Years, 2009-2014 Source: Virology News

Beet curly top virus (BCTV) and beet curly top Iran virus (BCTIV) are known as the causal agents of curly top disease in beet and several other dicotyledonous plants in Iran. These viruses are...

(Dar es Salaam, June 18, 2013) — Tanzanians who are most at risk of HIV face widespread police abuse and often can’t get help when they are victims o See it on Scoop.it, via...

“Rep. Betty Price’s comments about people living with HIV are horrific, discriminatory, and astonishingly ill-informed,” Elton John said. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Elton John slams lawmaker's "horrific" comment on HIV "quarantine"...