The Kinshasa-based National Centre for Epidemiological Intelligence seems a world away from the mega city's notoriously chaotic streets.

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.

The authorities contemplate the dispensing of the entire swine population and pork products to make sure that the country is free from the virus for the industry to begin afresh. Swine fever has ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...

That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re sick. But VERIFY reader Richard asked us if ...

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by an RNA virus from the Flaviviridae family, primarily affecting tropical areas of Africa and South America. Although most cases are asymptomatic ...

Now, researchers used cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to elucidate the structure of the Nipah virus polymerase complex (the large protein and phosphoprotein). Not only that, but they also ...

The flu virus spreads mainly by droplets released when ... it can be hard to tell what’s behind a cough and sneeze, and maybe fever. But there are some signs. Symptoms for COVID-19 can show ...

The work provides a detailed three-dimensional picture of the virus's polymerase and its key features. Understanding the structure and behavior of this critical piece of the viral machinery ...

No fewer than 952 Nigerians have been killed by Lassa fever, cholera, measles, diphtheria, and yellow fever in 2024. This is according to data from the National Public Health Institute ...

Scientists uncover structure of critical component in deadly Nipah virus. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 20, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250120113803.htm ...