Human T-lymphotropic viruses, HTLV, comprise a family of four related retroviruses that affect T-cells, a type of white blood cell. The viruses are thought to have passed from monkeys into humans, and ...

George Washington died after his physician treated his sore throat with bloodletting, but don't let that stop you from ...

Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope ...

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.

As head of one of the world’s only dedicated research labs focused on human metapneumovirus, John Williams used to spend most of his time attempting to convince skeptical doctors the virus was real.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV ... critically ill and requiring mechanical ventilation, no known viruses were detected in their blood. The samples were grown in various cell types from dogs, chickens ...

there is a high probability that many viruses play a role in human health or disease even if they don't directly cause symptoms, said Collman. For example, a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV ...