The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the current pandemic of COVID-19, is the focus of many investigators seeking to find an effective vaccine or therapeutic.

Virulence factor of the influenza A virus mapped in real-time Date: May 20, 2019 Source: Kanazawa University Summary: Researchers have used high-speed microscopy to investigate native structure ...

Experts are concerned that a new global disease outbreak, possibly worse than Covid-19, might begin any day. The virus that worries them is H5N1, a form of avian influenza, or bird flu.

The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has killed millions of birds around the world, and has spread to humans in some relatively isolated cases. The virus is not (yet) able to spread from one ...

Structure Of Influenza B Virus Protein Gives Clues To Next Pandemic Date ... 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within ...