Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an important human pathogen that causes a syndrome characterized by fever, chills, headache and severe joint pain usually of the smaller joints, with or without ...

Recent advances in PCR amplification methods, which hold a great deal of promise for highly specific and sensitive virus detection assays, combine PCR amplification with fluorescently-labeled ...

Hepatitis D virus (HDV), ... Chevret S, Gordien E. First international external quality assessment for hepatitis delta virus RNA quantification in plasma. Hepatology 2016;64:1483-1494. Crossref.

The universal P RT-qPCR primer-probe set detected all hMPV clinical isolates across all four subgroups. Virus quantification for TN/1501/A1, TN/94-49/A2, ...

How Serious Is Monkey B Virus Infection in Humans? It’s very serious. It can cause breathing problems and inflame your brain and spinal cord, which can damage your nervous system and lead to ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections. Here's what to know.

Nipah virus (NiV) is zoonotic, which means it spreads to humans through animals. The first known outbreak happened in Malaysia and Singapore in 1999. Now, outbreaks are common in other parts of ...

Virus experts are issuing an “urgent call to action” about bird flu, warning about a rising threat from H5N1 and offering steps to prevent pandemic.

Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are rising, and the virus could lead to a rare polio-like condition in children. Dr. Leana Wen tells parents what they need to know.

A total of 463,267 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in 2021, which was the deadliest year for the virus in the U.S. Confirmed deaths have been falling since, plunging from 246,272 in 2022 to 76,042 ...

The Oropouche virus, which causes a disease nicknamed “sloth fever” for one of the animals that can be infected, has seen its first cases in the U.S. Skip to main content.