Researchers have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to hijack human plasmin to enhance transmission.

Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

facilitating transmission to humans. Human infections have been reported across Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines, with the virus exhibiting a propensity for causing ...

During the COVID pandemic, RSV showed a slightly odd pattern: like flu, it basically disappeared in the 2020–2021 season, ...

The way your result is written will depend on the type of test that was used. An undetectable viral load test result means the amount of HIV ... an HIV-positive partner to an HIV-negative partner. It ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV ... to the risk for sexual transmission and therefore to the risk of late-pregnancy acquisition of HSV. Most neonatal herpes infections are the result of ...

In males, the infection can develop in the urethra. Transmission can occur through penetrative sex and vulva-to-vulva contact. HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. It can transmit ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ...

Scientists have discovered that T cells -- white blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogens -- can completely prevent viral infection ... paving the way for the design of more effective ...

By studying them, Duke-NUS scientists have found that T cells can independently control acute viral infections to an extent ... paving the way for the design of more effective vaccines.