Encephalitis

Hitherto, scientists have not fully understood why ticks are such dangerous disease vectors. A research team led by Johanna Strobl and Georg Stary from MedUni Vienna's Department of Dermatology shows that tick saliva inhibits the skin's defence function, thereby increasing the risk of diseases such more

Certain viruses can cause inflammation of the meninges or even the entire brain, so-called viral encephalitis. In addition to the rabies virus and the West Nile virus, these also include the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in the mouse model. The immune cells needed to fight the infection must firs more

Infections caused by the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) are severe and have high mortality rates for horses - 90 percent - and humans - 33 percent, with significant brain damage in most human survivors. Florida has been hypothesized to be the source of EEEV epidemics, but li more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 350: Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus: A Structural View Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10070350 Authors: Lauri I. A. Pulkkinen Sarah J. Butcher Maria Anastasina Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a growing health concern. It causes a severe disease that can lead more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 329: Viral Determinants of Virulence in Tick-Borne Flaviviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060329 Authors: Eliza M. Kellman Danielle K. Offerdahl Wessam Melik Marshall E. Bloom Tick-borne flaviviruses have a global distribution and cause significant human di more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 319: The First Isolation and Whole Genome Sequencing of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus from Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient with Encephalitis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060319 Authors: Jessica S. Russell Leon Caly Renata Kostecki Sarah L. McGuinness Glen Cart more