Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika may hijack mother-fetus immunity route
To cross the placenta, Zika virus may hijack the route by which acquired immunity is transferred from mother to fetus, new research suggests.
Nov 14, 2018
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Hemorrhagic Fever
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New evidence shows second dengue infection can be more severe due to antibody levels
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from the U.S. and Nicaragua has found evidence that suggests people infected a second time by the dengue virus may experience a more severe form of dengue fever if their antibody levels ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pre-existing immunity to dengue virus shapes Zika-specific T cell response
Although Zika and dengue are considered different virus "species," they are so closely related that the immune system treats Zika just like another version of dengue, report researchers at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and ...
Mar 13, 2017
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Medical research
Discovery helps explain why only some people develop life-threatening dengue infections
For most people who contract it, dengue fever is a relatively mild-mannered disease—at least the first time around. For some, however, a subsequent infection by the virus unleashes a vicious and potentially deadly illness.
Jan 31, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Structure of a hantavirus protein as a promising model for drug design
Bank voles are small rodents that are not dangerous by themselves, but their excreta can contain one of the dangerous hantaviruses. While bank voles are unaffected by the infection, hantaviruses can cause potentially fatal ...
Feb 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds viral protein that causes dengue shock
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a key culprit responsible for the fluid loss and resulting shock that are the hallmark of severe - and potentially fatal - dengue virus infections.
Sep 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study could lead to vaccines and treatment for dengue virus
Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the National University of Singapore have determined the structure of a human monoclonal antibody which, in an animal model, strongly neutralizes a type of the potentially lethal dengue ...
Jul 2, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find T cells target dengue virus at the skin infection site
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working in Singapore has found that human T cells actually target dengue viral infections in the skin, which is the normal infection site. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People movement drives dengue virus transmission
(Medical Xpress)—To stop the transmission of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that threatens some 4 billion people worldwide, it's crucial to focus on people movement, not just on the traditional mosquito control-and-prevention ...
Jan 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Bas-Congo': Genetic sleuthing uncovers deadly new virus in Africa
An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists ...
Sep 27, 2012
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