New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding ...

To find the answer, they developed a way to observe and measure real-time influenza A virus structure during formation. The researchers found: Influenza A viruses rapidly adjust their shape when ...

Experts urge the US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human ...

Box 1. Current nomenclature for influenza viruses (WHO 1980). The formal nomenclature for the designation of influenza viruses was revised and published by the WHO [43]. The year of isolation ...

Many viruses measure just tens of nanometers (nm ... a 200 nm diameter giant that’s roughly two times bigger than influenza or coronavirus. Jyvaskylavirus is detailed in a study recently ...

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in ... the size of an influenza or coronavirus. "Through an international collaboration, we elucidated the genome and structure of the ...