Researchers updated the global catalogue of human-infective RNA viruses to 239 ICTV-recognised species, incorporating ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when ...

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including ...

A diagnostic technology has been developed to distinguish multiple viruses and their variants in a single test, leveraging ...

Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, is a highly adapted, invasive mosquito species recognized as a ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including RNA ...

Many viruses, like poliovirus or enteroviruses, have icosahedral shells and need to eject their RNA at the right time and place inside a host cell. If they could bias that process, like Turnip Crinkle ...

Cases of Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) are extremely rare in humans, but in those who develop disease, the outcome is severe, almost always resulting in fatal encephalitis or inflammation in the ...

Scientists are uncovering viral features that blur the boundary between living and non-living, from giant viruses with protein-making tools to mysterious RNA entities in our microbiomes. These ...