Epidemics of seasonal influenza occur due to influenza A or B viruses. Due to the segmented nature of the influenza genome, in which coding sequences are located on individual RNA strands ...

The RNP complex is the influenza virus’s essential package, the virus’s blueprints and a copy machine all rolled in one. The ...

Knowing the crystal structure of this "doorway" protein, says Fraser, is key to finding helpful drugs to stop coronavirus and influenza viruses, because it is very similar to other important ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

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 ...

Many viruses measure just tens of nanometers ... “We elucidated the genome and structure of the Jyvaskylavirus, which was found to be related to Marseilleviruses previously isolated from ...

A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in ...

Viral genome sequencing revealed low-frequency ... Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses cause critical damage to animal health and the agricultural economy and may carry pandemic risk.

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical structure ... envelope. Viruses that are enveloped include HIV, influenza, Ebola, dengue, and chikungunya. A field that attempts to describe the functions and ...