The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common and persistent human viruses in the world, according to the CDC.

A major scientific breakthrough has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which could trigger autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. Login. ... They ...

Samples that test negative for the common viruses are then tested by a broad-range virus detection assay, such as a pan-viral microarray, which is capable of detecting viruses that are formally ...

Viewed from this deep time perspective, it becomes evident that H5N1 is displaying a common pattern of stepwise invasion from animal to human populations. Like many emerging viruses, H5N1 is ...

Around 8 percent of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses.These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date back hundreds of thousands to ...

An international team has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite. The virus is associated with severe inflammation in humans infected with the ...