Flaviviruses enter host cells through the process of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, and the spectrum of host factors required for this process are incompletely understood. Here we found that ...

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) ...

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 ...

A new technology to produce safer ‘hybrid’ viruses at high volumes for use in vaccines and diagnostics for mosquito-borne diseases has been developed at The University of Queensland. Researchers from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists solve the mystery of how Zika virus takes over key immune system cells. New findings shed light on how to stop the virus from spreading. Zika virus has a trick up its sleeve. Once inside ...

Researchers have gotten the closest look ever at Zika virus and may have discovered some chinks in its armor. Using cryo-electron microscopy, structural biologist Madhumati Sevvana and colleagues ...

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 ...