Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

Influenza A virus particle can strategically adapt their shape, becoming either spheres or filaments, to favor their ability ...

The flu virus is changing in ways never seen before, increasing infections and raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness and public health risks.

To find the answer, they developed a way to observe and measure real-time influenza A virus structure during formation. Influenza A viruses rapidly adjust their shape when placed in conditions ...

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Influenza A Viruses Adapt Shape in Response to Environmental Pressures - NIH Study Identifies Previously Unknown Adaptation ...

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 ...