Identification of Ebola
virus sequences present as RNA or DNA in organs of terrestrial small mammals of the Central African Republic
Not exact matches
The researchers
sequenced the HIV - 1 variants, and for each mother - infant pair, they tested the sensitivity of both transmitted and non-transmitted
viruses to antibodies concurrently
present in the mother's blood.
When the researchers expanded their search to include all the data from the Human Microbiome Project, a large - scale project to
sequence the DNA of all the microbes that live in and on our bodies, they found that the same
virus was
present in 73 per cent of all 466 human faecal samples.
Genetic
sequencing identified the RNA genome as a member of the insect - infecting Cripavirus genus, but the DNA viral genome was more mysterious: It was unlike any
sequenced present - day
viruses, but distantly related to plant - infecting geminiviruses.
That MLV
sequence, highly conserved among
viruses of its class, would presumably have been found if XMRV was
present, they said.
These findings
present a paradox, however, because latent
virus can be of wild - type nucleotide
sequence [33], and yet transcription is suppressed.
As early as 1991, Itzhaki's group had shown that the DNA
sequence of the herpes simplex
virus type 1 is often
present in brains of people who have died of Alzheimer's.
The team used genome
sequencing to confirm that the
virus was
present in the samples, then began the work of using that data to trace the strain's roots and monitor its evolution.
For this project, they
presented a color - changing technology that could detect Ebola
virus by embedding a sensor to screen for particular RNA
sequences, which can represent the presence of Ebola and other
viruses such as Zika and measles.
The nucleotide
sequence diversity
present among hepatitis C
virus (HCV) isolates allows rapid adjustment to exterior forces including host immunity and drug therapy.