It may sound like a blockbuster movie crossover, but researchers are investigating whether so-called matrix proteins could prevent the sort of global pandemic depicted in the film "Contagion." The ...

After an outbreak of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1) virus, we had previously reported the emergence of a recombinant canine influenza virus (CIV) between the pH1N1 virus and the classic H3N2 CIV.

During the late phase of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) infection cycle, the virally encoded Gag polyproteins are targeted to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM) for assembly, formation of immature ...

Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah virus, mumps, Newcastle disease and canine distemper. An international team has ...