Aug. 23, 2018 — Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, which causes acute encephalitis in Eastern and Southern Asia, is traditionally considered a rural disease. Now, researchers have shown that pigs in a peri-urban and ...
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Aug. 23, 2018 — The Central Africa region is experiencing rapid urbanization, economic growth and infrastructure development. These changes, while generally positive, also make the region more vulnerable to ...
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Aug. 22, 2018 — Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) doesn't directly cause cancer, but infection with this common herpes virus brings an increased risk of some cancers, including fast-growing lymphomas. This week in ...
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Aug. 22, 2018 — In the world of plant-feeding insects, who shows up first to the party determines the overall success of the gathering; yet viruses can disrupt these intricate relationships, according to ...
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Aug. 21, 2018 — The critical, structural changes that enveloped viruses, such as HIV, Ebola and influenza, undergo before invading host cells have been revealed by scientists using nano-infrared spectroscopic ...
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Aug. 20, 2018 — Nearly 700 million people suffer from mosquito-borne diseases -- such as malaria, West Nile, Zika and dengue fever -- each year, resulting in more than 1 million deaths. Today, researchers report a ...
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Aug. 16, 2018 — A group of researchers used a systematic approach to get an entirely new look at the way tuberculosis infects people. Their study uncovered interactions between tuberculosis and human proteins that ...
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Aug. 16, 2018 — The deadly Nipah virus and others like it assemble themselves in a much more haphazard manner than previously thought, new research has found. The discovery could allow scientists to develop more ...
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Aug. 15, 2018 — A study aiming at the development of a dengue vaccine shows that the prevalence of a virus lineage upon the other does not rely on the highest replication rate: it is rather based on the virus' ...
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Aug. 15, 2018 — Microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton support the diversity of life in the ocean. Scientists now report that one species, Emiliania huxleyi, and a virus closely associated with it, ...
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Aug. 14, 2018 — New research shows how MERS-CoV can adapt to infect cells of a new species, which suggests that other coronaviruses might be able to do the ...
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Aug. 13, 2018 — For the first time, scientists have shown that in certain people living with HIV, a type of antibody called immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) stops the immune system's B cells from doing their normal job ...
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Aug. 13, 2018 — Researchers have found an unexpectedly close link between a herpes virus and the occurrence of immune cells damaging cardiovascular ...
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Aug. 13, 2018 — Researchers have collaborated with others to develop a simple way to create and functionalize virus-like polymer particles that have various ...
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Aug. 10, 2018 — Despite promising advances, important scientific questions remain unanswered in the effort to develop a safe and effective Ebola vaccine, according to members of an international Ebola research ...
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Aug. 9, 2018 — A one-two punch of powerful antibodies may be the best way to stop Ebola virus, reports an international team of ...
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Aug. 9, 2018 — A technology designed to improve CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in mosquitoes and other arthropods succeeds with a high degree of efficiency, while eliminating the need for difficult microinjection of ...
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Aug. 9, 2018 — Can viruses trigger psychiatric disorders? A new study suggests yes. Accordingly, special disorders are associated with a high rate of infection of a specific ...
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Aug. 8, 2018 — Researchers have found that a group of viruses that cause severe stomach illness -- including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships -- get transmitted to humans through ...
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Aug. 8, 2018 — In a proof-of-concept study in healthy adult men, scientists in the Netherlands found that microbiome manipulation with antibiotics influenced response to oral rotavirus vaccine. They found higher ...
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