Newly discovered virus infects bald eagles across America
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle population.
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Researchers identify mammals that are most likely to harbor viruses risky to humans
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the EcoHealth Alliance has narrowed down the list of animal species that may harbor viruses likely to jump to humans. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group outlines ...
Tick-borne Bourbon virus infects people, wildlife in St. Louis area
On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, Ph.D., and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, Ph.D., flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St. ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2023
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Virus hunters delve into Gabon forest in search for next threat
The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series.
Other
Dec 23, 2020
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Scientists uncover the genomic differences of marine and freshwater microalgae
Associate Professor of Biology Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani and NYUAD Senior Research Scientist David Nelson report in a new study that they have successfully cultured and sequenced 107 microalgae species from 11 different phyla ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2021
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Bats and rabies virus: More data on colonies at high risk
A new approach to rabies virus epidemiology in bats shows that the risk of infection is higher in large and multispecies colonies. The research, published on the journal PLOS ONE, has been led by Jordi Serra Cobo, professor ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2013
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Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses
How are environmental changes, loss of biodiversity, and the spread of pathogens connected? The answer is a puzzle. Scientists from Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin in cooperation with the Leibniz-IZW have now described ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2023
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Bird flu fells nearly 9,000 marine creatures in Chile
Nearly 9,000 sea lions, penguins, otters and small cetaceans have died in an avian flu outbreak battering Chile's north coast, the South American country's fisheries service said Thursday.
Veterinary medicine
May 26, 2023
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To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore bat habitat
Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses evolved into SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID in humans. Did it go directly from bats to humans or via another animal species? ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2022
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The genetic secrets to jumping the species barrier
Scientists have pinpointed specific mutations that allow a common plant virus to infect new species, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of General Virology. Understanding the genetics of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2010
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