Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to a ...

By 1944, scientists not only understood that influenza was caused by a shape-shifting virus – something they had not known in 1918 – but they had also developed a vaccine. Antigenic drift ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ...

Influenza A virus particles (virions) have a typical diameter of 80–160 nm, and are pleomorphic in shape. Virions consist of a lipid envelope (derived from the host plasma membrane) out of which ...

"Recurrent spillover of avian influenza virus into mammalian species ... Picture hemagglutinin's shape as a submicroscopic mushroom, a stem with a broad head on top. The heads of countless ...

These pathogens threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 is one of these emerging pathogens associated with environmental damage caused ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

The Parainfluenza Virus Infection market is expected to surge due to the disease's increasing prevalence and awareness during ...

Now, researchers have developed a prototype sensor that detects a type of influenza virus that causes bird flu (H5N1) in air samples. The low-cost handheld sensor detects the virus at levels below ...