New findings that demonstrate the real-time RT-PCR and RT-LAMP are discussed. Could these findings have potential in clinical diagnosis and detection of Chikungunya virus?

Monkey B virus is a virus that’s common in macaque monkeys and transmitted in rare cases to humans, where it may cause serious illness.

Hepatitis D virus (HDV), also known as hepatitis delta virus, is a defective, hepatotropic pathogenic agent. The life cycle of HDV requires the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) provided by ...

Experts urge US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human infections. Here's what to know ...

Kevin Boyce, a 62-year-old from Massachusetts, died after suffering brain damage from Powassan virus, a dangerous tick-borne disease. His family is now sharing his story to encourage others to be ...

Mac malware is rare, but it does exist. Here's how to use a free virus scan to check for malware on your Mac, how to remove viruses and malware from a Mac, and how to avoid getting infected in the ...

Nipah virus spreads to humans through animals. Cases range from mild to fatal. Learn more about how doctors diagnose, treat, and prevent the virus.

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.

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.

Creative Diagnostics now offers qPCR services to assist researchers in a variety of areas including viral detection and quantification, drug/treatment response, gene expression analysis, relative ...

Data highlights several advances in virus detection, quantification and growth methods for the generation of an improved toolkit for in vitro characterization of multiple hMPV strains across each ...

In addition to two virus- specific primers, a virus-specific oligonucleotide probe dual labeled with a fluorescent reporter dye and quencher molecule is used to facilitate the real-time monitoring ...