The arbovirus life cycle involves viral transfer between a vertebrate host and an arthropod vector, and acquisition of virus from an infected mammalian host by a vector is an essential step in this ...

Remember the 2016 Olympics in Brazil? It was the year Brazil defeated Germany in the final game of the men's football (aka soccer) tournament, but it was also the year when Zika virus made its entry ...

In a recent article published in the journal Viruses, researchers study the challenges impeding the development of vaccines against flaviviruses, which are single-stranded ribonucleic acid (ssRNA) ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There is no vaccine or treatment for the Powassan virus, but researchers at the University of Minnesota said they have identified a weak point within the tick-borne flavivirus that could ...

Researchers have identified IPO7 as a carrier of flavivirus core protein into host cell nucleus, paving the way for a new therapeutic approach to a range of diseases. Identifying the molecular ...

A new project - FLAVIVACCINE - aims to increase the EU's ability to combat epidemic and pandemic viral threats both in Europe and around the world. Dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and West Nile viruses ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Opening doors to the possibility of developing new vaccines and antiviral agents to fight a host of insect-borne diseases, scientists have, for the first time, determined the ...

A benign mosquito flavivirus isolated in the Australian Binjari region was used as a vector to mimic dengue virus particles without the associated risk. Structure of this chimeric virus is native and ...

In recent years, numerous molecular techniques utilizing a generic approach have been described for flavivirus diagnosis. [114–129] For identification of flaviviruses, molecular amplification methods ...

Flaviviruses including West Nile, Zika and dengue can result in significant morbidity and mortality. However, new research suggests that a viral protein may prove vital in the discovery of therapeutic ...