Viral Infection

Simple, fast and flexible: It could become significantly easier to vaccinate plants against viruses in future. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) and the National Research Council in Italy (CNR) have developed a new method more

Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West Nile, rely on a fundamental biological process called frameshifting to maximize their attack. Long identified as a key mechanism that viruses use to proliferate inside their hosts, the real-time dynamics of frameshifting had never been directly observed, unt more

The manner in which some viruses inject their DNA into bacteria or other types of cells, appears to be much simpler than scientists had previously thought. Rather than using molecular engines or complicated mechanisms, viruses let simple physics do the work for them. This is a recent finding by Prof more

To understand overall infectivity, virus progression and disease onset it is important to perform a detailed examination of cytopathic effects. Depending on the type of viruses and cells, different cytopathic effects might be observed dependent on th more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 337: Visualizing Viral Infection In Vivo by Multi-Photon Intravital Microscopy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060337 Authors: Xaver Sewald Viral pathogens have adapted to the host organism to exploit the cellular machinery for virus replication and to modulate the hos more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 314: Understanding Oxidative Stress in Aedes during Chikungunya and Dengue Virus Infections Using Integromics Analysis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060314 Authors: Jatin Shrinet Neel Sarovar Bhavesh Sujatha Sunil Arboviral infection causes dysregulation of casca more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 302: Preclinical Testing of an Oncolytic Parvovirus in Ewing Sarcoma: Protoparvovirus H-1 Induces Apoptosis and Lytic Infection In Vitro but Fails to Improve Survival In Vivo Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060302 Authors: Jeannine Lacroix Zoltán Kis Rafael Josupeit Fr more