Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Influenza A virus (IAV) possesses a segmented, negative-sense RNA genome comprising eight distinct viral RNA (vRNA) segments. These segments form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that are ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome ... 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, ...

Contained within this matrix shell is the viral RNA genome, which (for influenza A viruses) consists of eight single-stranded, negative-sense RNA segments (negative-sense refers to the genome ...

The genome of the influenza virus is divided into eight segments of RNA, each responsible for coding for different proteins. ... Influenza virus was first isolated 80 years ago in 1933.

Mumbai recorded six COVID-19 cases between January and April this year, before a surge in May saw the detection of 435 cases, ...

COVID-19 cases never fell to zero in India since the disease was detected, Naveen Kumar, Director, National Institute of Virology, Pune, said, adding, “We have now scaled-up surveillance and genome ...

COVID-19: NIV Pune is isolating new Omicron sub-variants driving India's Covid rise to assess vaccine efficacy and the need ...

ACIP voted to recommend against anyone — adult, child and pregnant person — receiving a seasonal flu vaccine with the mercury ...

High population immunity and mild Omicron sub-variants are driving small, cyclical surges. Experts advise continued ...