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Brexit may not have happened officially just yet, but thousands of people in the UK have already been struck down by what’s being called the ‘Brexit virus’. A new strain of hepatitis E (HEV)...

MarketReportsOnline.com adds “United States Influenza Vaccine Market, Vaccination Analysis, Distribution, Production, Pipeline Insights, Clinical Trials See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Global Influenza Vaccine Industry Expected To Reach US$ 2.5 Billion by 2022...

Cervical cancer is the most common HPV-associated cancer. Some cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and oropharynx (back of the throat, including the base of the tongue and tonsils) are also HPV-associated. See...

HIV, which can lead to Aids if left untreated, was once considered a certain death sentence See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Life expectancy for HIV patients is now 'near normal' Source: Virology...

The incentive for developing microbial cell factories for production of fuels and chemicals comes from the ability of microbes to deliver these valuable compounds at a reduced cost and with a smaller environmental impact...

Bacterial viruses, also called bacteriophages, display a great genetic diversity and utilize unique processes for infecting and reproducing within a host cell. All these processes were investigated and indexed in the ViralZone knowledge base....

There’s a great new book about vitamin A, the “vision vitamin”. The title is “Brilliance & Confusion: Saving Children’s Vision & Lives With Vitamin A”. Okay, I confess. It’s my own book, which I just completed...

The Flaviviridae is a family of small enveloped viruses with RNA genomes of 9000–13 000 bases. Most infect mammals and birds. Many flaviviruses are host-specific and pathogenic, such as hepatitis C virus in the genus...

The geminiviruses are a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with single-stranded, circular DNA genomes of 2500–5200 bases. Geminiviruses are transmitted by various types of insect (whiteflies, leafhoppers, treehoppers and aphids). Members of the genus...

The Journal of General Virology ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles are a freely available series of concise, review-type articles that provide overviews of the classification, structure and properties of individual virus orders, families and genera....