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Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne illness with high human mortality, affecting both animals and people.

Transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Crown-like spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name.

SARS-CoV-2

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which resulted in the human COVID-19 pandemic.

Dengue virus electron microscopy image

Dengue virus

Dengue virus (DENV), present predominantly in tropical regions, is primarily transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes.

A digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of Zika virus. Virus particles are coloured red, the rest of the cell image is purple.

Zika virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical regions.

Alkhumra haemorrhagic fever virus

Alkhumra haemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV) is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic virus.

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Can CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives curb malaria?

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Complete genome sequence of a serotype A foot-and-mouth disease virus from an outbreak in Saudi Arabia during 2015

The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) type A virus isolated from cattle in Saudi Arabia in 2015 is described here. This virus belongs to an FMD virus lineage named genotype VII, which is normally endemic on the Indian subcontinent.

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Inter-segment complementarity in orbiviruses: A driver for co-ordinated genome packaging in the Reoviridae?

The process by which eukaryotic viruses with segmented genomes select a complete set of genome segments for packaging into progeny virus particles is not understood. In this study a model based on the association of genome segments through specific RNA-RNA interactions…

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Growth of Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, in vector and non-vector ixodid tick cell lines

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis is caused by Ehrlichia canis, a small gram-negative coccoid bacterium that infects circulating monocytes. The disease is transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. and is acknowledged as an important infectious disease of…

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Life as a PhD student

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