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CorrespondenceSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca MMseqs2 enables sensitive protein sequence searching for the analysis of massive data sets Source: Viral Bioinformatics

How quick thinking by a U.S. official saved thousands of lives from disease in an American territory—despite its non-American counterpart being decimated. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News How American Samoa Avoided the...

Use of dissolvable microneedle patches for influenza vaccination was well tolerated and generated robust antibody responses. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News The safety, immunogenicity, and acceptability of inactivated influenza vaccine delivered by...

Medicine, Health Care New Research Opens the Door… Published: October 18, 2017.Released by Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – Oct. 17, 2017 – In findings that open the door to a completely different approach...

The finding that worms, flies, and humans share an ancient pain receptor could offer researchers new targets for pain-fighting drugs. Ed Rybicki’s insight:So all of us would enjoy sushi?? See it on Scoop.it, via...

Commercial egg production in South Africa has tumbled 17 percent and over 1,000 workers have lost their jobs in the wake of an outbreak of avian flu in June, industry experts said on Wednesday....

Positive outcome of trials in Niger fuels hope that vaccine can protect children in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond from infection that causes often fatal diarrhoea See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Rotavirus vaccine...

The complete genome sequences of two novel small circular DNA viruses isolated from sweet-potato whiteflies collected in Central-West (AdDF) and Southeast (AdO) regions of Brazil were determined by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), and confirmed...

Virus purification by cesium chloride (CsCl) density gradient, which generally requires an expensive ultracentrifuge, is an essential technique in virology. Here, we optimized virus purification by CsCl density gradient using general centrifugation (40,000 ×...

Cats are susceptible to influenza A viruses and therefore may act as transmission vectors within households, posing a potential public health concern. Two novel reassortant H5N6 influenza viruses were isolated from cats in Zhejiang...