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 ...

HKUMed has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes. The novel innovations ...

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 ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and ...

This important study advances our understanding of population-level immune responses to influenza in both children and adults. The strength of the evidence supporting the conclusions is compelling, ...

There are four types of influenza virus. Influenza A is the most common, followed by influenza B. Both are highly contagious and have similar symptoms, including fever, chills, and body aches.

Scientists today understand that bird influenza viruses, like human influenza viruses, can also infect hogs, and when a bird virus and a human virus infect the same pig cell, their different genes ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that the influenza virus might transmit to others 1 day before symptoms develop and up to a week after becoming ill. The third stage of ...

Influenza and the common cold are both contagious respiratory illnesses but caused by different viruses, she added. “The flu is caused by influenza viruses only whereas the common cold can be ...

Yewdell) Influenza virus is an important human pathogen ... (B) Postfusion conformation of TBHA (PDB 1HTM) at fusion pH 5.0. The secondary structure elements that are involved in the large ...