New pandemic strains of influenza virus typically are more virulent than those that have been circulating longer, presumably because they present novel antigens to hosts. In this new study ...

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A growing number of scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses and conducting other high-stakes work with pathogens (Photo illustration by Max-o-matic for The ...

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Her group discovered that, compared to other mammalian and avian reservoirs, bats harbor the most virulent zoonotic viruses (i.e., have capacity to cause severe disease within humans) with the ...

This useful study examines the function of the rnc gene, which encodes the RNase III ribonuclease, as it relates to virulence of Salmonella Enteritidis. The authors demonstrate that the rnc gene is ...

TOKYO -- The H5N1 highly pathogenic avian flu virus may be more infectious to humans if passed on from cattle than directly from birds, a team of researchers in Japan has announced. The team led ...

While the infection caused by the Marburg virus is slightly less virulent than that of the Ebola virus, it presents with the same symptoms, in other words, fever followed by vomiting, diarrhea and ...

The manuscript explores how bacterial evolution in the presence of lytic phages modulates b-lactams resistance and virulence properties in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The work ...

What if infections of respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V., peak at unusual levels, as they did in the 2022-23 season? What if the new strain of mpox, which is especially virulent ...