Tagged: flu

A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests can’t detect. However, researchers at MIT and the Albert Einstein...

Ice sheets just beneath the surface of Mars hold clues about the red planet’s climate history—and could be a source of water for future explorers. Ed Rybicki’s insight:Share your insight See it on Scoop.it,...

Since the HPV vaccine first became available in 2006, HPV infections have dropped by more than half among girls age 14 to 19 in the United States. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News...

The Gambia’s former leader, Yahya Jammeh, who left the country a year ago after two decades in power, has been accused of many crimes. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News I nearly died...

Japanese flu is a type of influenza B which means it can only be spread from human to human See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Japanese flu is spreading – here are the...

If the shutdown continues, mutant virus strains could be missed. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News How the government shutdown will affect flu season across the U.S. Source: Virology News

Edward Jenner and his contemporaries believed that his variolae vaccinae originated in horses and molecular analyses show that modern vaccinia virus (VACV) strains share common ancestry with horsepox virus (HPXV). Given concerns relating to...

With the increase in the availability of metagenomic data generated by next generation sequencing, there is an urgent need for fast and accurate tools for identifying viruses in host-associated and environmental samples. In this...

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Classification and evolution of human papillomavirus genome variants: Alpha-5 (HPV26, 51, 69, 82), Alpha-6 (HPV30, 53, 56, 66), Alpha-11 (HPV34, 73), Alpha-13 (HPV54)...

Click once and get to know how Botswana Vaccine (BVI) and Fibre Land thrive in Botswana. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Making It In Botswana – Botswana Vaccine Institute BVI & Fibre...