In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

Receptor binding site of the A/Texas/37/2024 hemagglutinin Leu226 mutant (yellow) in complex with the human receptor analog LSTc (cyan). LA JOLLA, CA—Avian influenza viruses typically require several ...

Americans are being urged to be extra vigilant this winter, as a suite of influenza A mutations has created a dominant virus ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

A highly contagious flu mutation called subclade K is sweeping the nation, raising health concerns about vaccine ...

Now, Gilead has conducted an analysis of a phenomenon that can undermine all infectious disease therapies, including ...

A phylogenetic tree of SARS-CoV-2 sequences, built with Nextstrain, displays sequences colored by their clade and organized by collection date. Over time, sequences mutate and diverge, forming new ...

High-accuracy single-molecule unique molecular identifier sequencing reveals non-random, biologically driven mutation heterogeneity within influenza quasi-species, enabling precise profiling of ...

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Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop tumors, become paralyzed and die. They can shed the virus through their skin ...