New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte—reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

Reid, A. H., & Tautenberger, J. K. The origin of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus: A continuing enigma. Journal of General Virology 84, 2285–2292 (2003) ...

The team tested the device using aerosolized inactivated viruses to evaluate the performance of the sensor unit. The machine sampled the air continuously, providing a readout every 5 min, and ...

Every winter, influenza returns ... trying to figure out if you have white blood cells that can respond quickly to a new variant." When you are exposed to a virus, white blood cells called B ...

Now, researchers in ACS Sensors have developed a prototype sensor that detects a type of influenza virus that causes bird flu (H5N1) in air samples. The low-cost handheld sensor detects the virus ...