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What are the differences in transmissibility between novel and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants?

In a new study, researchers compared the transmissibility of novel and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

29 Sep 2022

Exploring remdesivir resistance in COVID-19-infected transplant recipients

In a new study, researchers assessed the remdesivir resistance developed in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-infected transplant recipients.

29 Sep 2022

Duration of infectiousness, predictors of ongoing individual infectiousness, and diagnostic tests for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers explored SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern/interest (VOC/VOI) kinetics and variations among non-hospitalized acute COVID-19 patients.

29 Sep 2022

Significant humoral immune evasion contributes to the emergence and rapid spread of Arg346-mutated BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages

=Researchers measured the neutralizing titers of plasma samples against the SARS-CoV-2 new variant of concern Omicron's sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 with arginine (Arg)346 mutations.

29 Sep 2022

Debunking ‘man flu’

Researchers debunk man flu based on a review of available evidence.

28 Sep 2022

Researchers find new way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain

Many diseases have at their origin a protein that does not function properly. Now, a multidisciplinary research team with Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M University has found a way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain, with therapeutic and scientific implications.

28 Sep 2022

Innovative breath sampling device could revolutionize diagnosis of many diseases

New research shows 100 per cent effectiveness of an innovative breath sampling device developed by Northumbria University medtech spinout, PulmoBioMed, that could revolutionize diagnosis of a range of diseases, including COVID-19.

28 Sep 2022

New Zika vaccine technology found to be highly effective and safe in preclinical mouse models

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have developed a Zika vaccine technology that is highly effective and safe in preclinical mouse models.

28 Sep 2022

What is the role of N-glycans and calnexin-calreticulin chaperones in SARS-CoV-2 spike maturation?

A new study showed that SARS-CoV-2 Spike N-glycosylation patterns, intracellular lectins, and the associated molecular chaperones play crucial roles in the viral-host-cell invasion and function.

28 Sep 2022

Can the gut be an alternative route for SARS-CoV-2 entry?

Researchers reviewed the gut pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

28 Sep 2022

Wearable devices show promise in identifying early population changes in COVID-19 activity

Today, viral illnesses like COVID-19 are tracked using multiple different methods, including lab data, health care visits and wastewater surveillance.

28 Sep 2022

Wastewater epidemiology can guide local clinical decisions on circulating viruses

The findings of a new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server depicted that wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can provide information on the circulating respiratory viruses in a community. As well as saving time and money, this method may assist in appropriate clinical decision-making, behavior modification, and public health interventions.

28 Sep 2022

One-time test predicts which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are likely to worsen, study finds

A one-time test could predict which people hospitalized with COVID-19 are likely to worsen significantly during their stay, even if they were admitted with relatively mild symptoms, according to a study of more than 2,500 people headed by researchers at Stanford Medicine.

27 Sep 2022

Food, vaccines, bacteria, and viruses may all prime our immune system to attack SARS-CoV-2

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primarily causes mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illness. However, some individuals with COVID-19 develop severe infections and require hospital admission.

27 Sep 2022

How the gut microbiome could affect COVID-19 severity

Researchers review the potential role of the gut microbiome in determining severe COVID-19.

27 Sep 2022

Italian scientists investigate whether stranded cetaceans show evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study examines SARS-CoV-2 infection in stranded cetaceans found dead along the Italian coast.

27 Sep 2022

What is the association between air ventilation and pathogen transmission?

Researchers assessed the association between indoor air respiratory pathogens and natural ventilation, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, and air filtration.

27 Sep 2022

High-tech lab in Nigeria could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases

Nigeria's Oligo synthesizer laboratory, the first in West Africa, could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases in the region if harnessed to its full potential, laboratory scientists have said.

27 Sep 2022

Areas hospitable to Lassa virus spread may extend in the next several decades

In the study, which appeared on September 27 in Nature Communications, scientists analyzed decades of environmental data associated with Lassa virus outbreaks, revealing temperature, rainfall and the presence of pastureland areas as key factors contributing to viral transmission.

27 Sep 2022

What is the vaccine efficacy of repeated influenza vaccinations?

In a new study, researchers calculated the decrease in vaccine effectiveness due to repeated influenza vaccinations.

27 Sep 2022

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

What are the differences in transmissibility between novel and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants?

Exploring remdesivir resistance in COVID-19-infected transplant recipients

Duration of infectiousness, predictors of ongoing individual infectiousness, and diagnostic tests for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection

Significant humoral immune evasion contributes to the emergence and rapid spread of Arg346-mutated BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages

Debunking ‘man flu’

Researchers find new way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain

Innovative breath sampling device could revolutionize diagnosis of many diseases

New Zika vaccine technology found to be highly effective and safe in preclinical mouse models

What is the role of N-glycans and calnexin-calreticulin chaperones in SARS-CoV-2 spike maturation?

Can the gut be an alternative route for SARS-CoV-2 entry?

Wearable devices show promise in identifying early population changes in COVID-19 activity

Wastewater epidemiology can guide local clinical decisions on circulating viruses

One-time test predicts which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are likely to worsen, study finds

Food, vaccines, bacteria, and viruses may all prime our immune system to attack SARS-CoV-2

How the gut microbiome could affect COVID-19 severity

Italian scientists investigate whether stranded cetaceans show evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection

What is the association between air ventilation and pathogen transmission?

High-tech lab in Nigeria could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases

Areas hospitable to Lassa virus spread may extend in the next several decades

What is the vaccine efficacy of repeated influenza vaccinations?

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Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

A new way of characterising biomolecules eBook

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Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

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