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  Monoclonal Antibody Effective Against Norovirus

  July 24, 2013 — Researchers have provided the first proof of concept data showing that a monoclonal antibody can neutralize human norovirus. This research could one day lead to effective therapies against the ... > full story
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  New Light Shed on Cause of Pandemic Influenza

  July 24, 2013 — With the use of sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques, mathematicians have completed a study that explains the phenomenon of multiple waves of influenza pandemic in the last ... > full story
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  Pressurized Virus Blasts Its Infectious DNA Into Human Cells

  July 24, 2013 — The virus that causes those painful lip blisters known as cold sores has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its infectious DNA into human cells, ... > full story
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  Record Incidence of Hantavirus Disease

  July 24, 2013 — 2824 new cases of hantavirus disease were reported in Germany in 2012, the highest number ever in a single ... > full story
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  Does the Dangerous New Middle East Coronavirus Have an African Origin?

  July 24, 2013 — The MERS-coronavirus is regarded as a dangerous novel pathogen: Almost 50 people have died from infection with the virus since it was first discovered in 2012. To date all cases are connected with ... > full story
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  Organ Transplantation as Source of Fatal Rabies Virus Case

  July 23, 2013 — An investigation into the source of a fatal case of raccoon rabies virus exposure indicates the individual received the virus via a kidney transplant 18 months earlier, findings suggesting that ... > full story
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  Vulnerabilities of the Deadly Ebola Virus Identified

  July 23, 2013 — Disabling a protein in Ebola virus cells can stop the virus from replicating and infecting the host, according to new ... > full story
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  Is a Common Food Fungus Worsening the AIDS Epidemic?

  July 23, 2013 — A type of fungus coating much of the stored corn, wheat, rice and nuts in developing countries may be quietly worsening the AIDS epidemic, according to a new ... > full story
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  Platelet Activation Inhibits the Host Cell Entry of HIV

  July 23, 2013 — Infection biologists have found evidence that platelets (thrombocytes) might constitute an innate defense against infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HI-viruses are the cause of ... > full story
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  Scientists Prove Ticks Harbor Heartland Virus, a Recently Discovered Disease in the United States

  July 22, 2013 — Scientists have for the first time traced a novel virus that infected two men from northwestern Missouri in 2009 to populations of ticks in the region, providing confirmation that lone star ticks are ... > full story

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