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Why should we support WHO Immunisation week?

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Currently, children find themselves vaccinated against the harmful effects of myriad different bacterial and viral pathogens : Corynebacte...

Can we prevent gorilla extinction with vaccination?

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Western Lowland gorilla Gorillas, Gorilla spp . are fo und only throughout central African rainforest where there are in total over 200,0...
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Single Virus Genomics - the future of virus research?

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Bacteriophage Lambda particles - like those used in this study Viruses are the most common organisms on this planet and also most likely ...

Is that an Ebola virus superantigen I see?

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The process in which a virus causes disease and dysfunction within its host is termed viral pathogenesis; the study of which is pretty impo...

On the origins of smallpox - where and when did variola virus emerge?

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2011 may be the year where the last known officially acknowledged stocks of the deadly smallpox virus, variola are destroyed - a virus that...
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Fighting dengue with mosquito semen

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Dengue virus, DENV - an important mosquito-borne virus Arthropods are important vectors in the transmission of a number of animal and h...

Viruses, vaccination and the inflammasome. Part 1.

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The inflammasome Daily, our immune system deals with multiple microbial threats, including viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic pathogens...

Virus of the week: MUMPS VIRUS (MuV)

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In order to better understand (and maybe even enjoy - is that the right word?) viruses, I think it is time to meet and greet a couple of the...
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An ecological perspective on bat viruses

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Mammals hold a large reservoir of potential emerging viruses Viruses universally infect the tree of life; all species ever known have mos...