«This useful contribution underlines the value of routine surveillance of Zika and
other emerging viruses: we can learn a lot from genome sequencing but that can happen only if surveillance systems are in place to detect and sequence the viruses.
If Zika as well as
other emerging viruses have unexpected effects as they reach different populations, it is a serious problem.
Not exact matches
The researchers believe that their approach should also enable them to quickly develop diagnostic tests for
other related
viruses that might
emerge in the future.
This one - two punch protected the test subjects against influenza A
viruses that had
emerged in 1934 and 2007, and
other experiments showed that the antibodies it generated successfully neutralized a wide variety of flu strains.
Additional research is planned in part to determine if targeting metabolism might also be effective against
other respiratory
viruses, including
emerging respiratory
viruses or
others like respiratory syncytial
virus, which causes life - threatening infections in infants.
This innovation promises an almost unimaginable advance in basic medicine and health — a technology that inactivates known and
emerging viruses and
other pathogens in the world's blood supply.
As
other infectious diseases
emerge around the world, similar strategies potentially could be used to develop tests to detect the presence of
viruses that may become problematic, according to the researchers.
«Test uses nanotechnology to quickly diagnose Zika
virus: May be possible to use approach with
other emerging infectious diseases.»
Early in the 20th century, doctors worldwide used these bacteria - eating
viruses to fight dysentery and
other dangerous pathogens, only to abandon them after more effective antibiotics
emerged.
The Minister of Health of Indonesia, Dr. Siti Supari, has insisted for several years that it is not the duty of her country to share samples of H5N1 bird flu
viruses that
emerged there, and now she's added a host of
other viruses to the list of things she will not share.
With the emergence of Ebola
virus from bats and hantaviruses from rodents, investigators say identifying the
other species infected with HAV provides novel insight into the evolution of HAV and how it spread to humans, and highlights the utility of analyzing animal reservoirs for risk assessment of
emerging viruses.
Analysis of clinical samples from suspected Lassa fever cases in Sierra Leone showed that about two - thirds of the patients had been exposed to
other emerging diseases, and nearly nine percent tested positive for Ebola
virus.
Remnants of genes from these
viruses exist in the DNA of bats, marsupials, rodents, and
other mammals, a finding that may suggest where these deadly microbes lurk before they
emerge to kill people.
Transfusion medicine is linked to multiple viral infections, including persistent
viruses like HIV and hepatitis B and C, as well as
emerging arboviral infections like West Nile
virus, Zika
virus, and
others.
As recent advances in scientific understanding of Parkinson's disease and cancer immunotherapy have shown, our gut microbiomes — the trillions of bacteria,
viruses and
other microbes that live within us — are
emerging as one of the richest untapped sources of insight into human health.
It has made significant contributions, not only to combating the Hendra and Nipah
viruses, but to understanding
other important
emerging viruses.
In recent years, a number of
other zoonotic
viruses from companion animals have
emerged.
Canine influenza
virus H3N2
emerged in 2015 in Illinois and has spread to several
other states, including California.