Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause severe lower respiratory tract infections, particularly in newborns and older ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells. But a study in Nature Communications, led by ...

West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and is increasingly relevant for Europe and worldwide. It can cause severe brain infection and death, yet there is no specific antiviral treatment or ...

Ebola can remain in nervous system of recovered patients and relapse years later, study warns - Immune system may not be able ...

Genital herpes is a lifelong infection. While available treatments can manage symptoms, they cannot cure the infection or ...

Phages, viruses that attack bacteria, have a head and a tail. The head contains the phage's genetic material and the tail is used to identify a potential host, that is, a bacterial cell into which it ...

When we think of immunity, we usually imagine vaccines or supplements, but what if your genes alone could make you resistant to nearly every virus? That’s exactly what scientists have been exploring ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered some of the inner workings of a recently discovered bacterial immune system ...

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Hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California have been hit with norovirus, but they’re not the only ones ...