Two to three new viruses capable of infecting humans have been discovered every year, a major new study from three ...

The catalog builds on earlier versions published in 2001 and 2018. The post New catalog maps all 239 RNA viruses known to ...

With rising cases linked to one of the most dangerous viruses in the world, called Ebola virus, it is important for everyone to understand what this virus is, how it enters the body and what happens ...

A new global dataset of 239 human-infective RNA viruses shows how animal hosts, vector transmission, surveillance gaps, and viral traits shape the path from spillover to epidemic threat. Study: A ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health. By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick ...

The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the ...

Researchers and medical experts have long tried to understand why some viruses remain harmless in animals while others jump ...

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