Measles virus (MV) is one of the most infectious pathogens known. Despite the existence of a vaccine, over 500 000 deaths/year result from MV or associated complications. Anti-measles compounds could ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in viral upper respiratory infections, a stomach bug, strep throat, COVID, RSV, a virus causing a high fever and rashes. WellSpan Pe… ...

1. Key Insights 2. Report Introduction 3. Parainfluenza virus infection (PIV) Epidemiology Overview at a Glance 3.1. Patient Share Distribution of Parainfluenza virus infection (PIV) in 2020 3.2.

The sputum samples were used for pathogen testing by one-step RT-PCR using multiple respiratory pathogen detection kit (Health gene technologies, China) comprising 13 types of pathogens, including ...

Scientists uncover structure of critical component in deadly Nipah virus Findings could inform the design of treatments to combat infection Date: January 20, 2025 Source: Harvard Medical School ...

The virus can be more severe in young children and in older adults, and the U.S. typically sees some 20,000 to 25,000 influenza deaths per year, though that number can reach as high as 60,000 ...

Most children will have developed a parainfluenza virus by the time they turn five. Some infections are more common in certain age groups and/or genders: Boys are usually more affected by ...

Vicebio hauls in $100M series B to push RSV combo vaccine through phase 1 By James Waldron Sep 23, 2024 3:00am respiratory syncytial virus RSV series B vaccines ...

Recent years have seen a significant increase in investment in respiratory virus vaccine development, with multivalent approaches taking center stage. The global market for respiratory vaccines is ...

To better understand how the measles virus fuses with cells, the LJI team turned to an antibody called mAb 77. They found that mAb 77 targets the measles fusion glycoprotein, the piece of viral ...

A computational model of the more than 26 million atoms in a DNA-packed viral capsid expands our understanding of virus structure and DNA dynamics, insights that could provide new research avenues ...

One of the immune system’s healthy functions is to attack viruses, and PNMA2’s virus-like structure makes it particularly prone to being targeted as well, the researchers found. In fact, in ...