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Lassa virus’ soft spot revealed
As this year’s Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria is finally ebbing, the total tally came to more than 600 infected
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Genetic screen identifies genes that protect cells from Zika virus: Genes found to safeguard against infection as well as resuscitate infected cells
The Zika virus has affected over 60 million people, mostly in South America. It has potentially devastating consequences for pregnant
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How Nipah virus spreads from person to person: Lessons from 14 years of investigations
The deadly Nipah virus, which is carried by bats and occasionally infects people, is more likely to be transmitted from
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Progress toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine
A research team led by scientists from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has determined how several
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Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells
Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study
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Experimental antibody ‘cocktail’ protects animals from three deadly Ebola viruses
Scientists from academia, industry, and government have developed a combination of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that protected animals from all three
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Where will the world’s next Zika, West Nile or Dengue virus come from? Model identifies most likely wildlife hosts for emerging flaviviruses
After collecting data and comparing it with every known mammal and bird species on Earth, scientists from the University of
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Scientists unveil promising new HIV vaccine strategy
A new candidate HIV vaccine from Scripps Research surmounts technical hurdles that stymied previous vaccine efforts, and stimulates a powerful
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Durable immune response to 3 experimental Ebola vaccines: Broad vaccine implications
In the midst of an increasingly volatile Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new study presented today
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