VIRUS
New Ebola outbreak declared in Congo three years after last one
... outbreak of Ebola, a deadly virus disease, three years after the ... the Zaire strain of the virus. The department also noted that ...
05.09.2025Congo , ebola , virus
Chinese scientists discovered two new viruses in bats that are dangerous to humans
Molecular biologists have discovered two previously unknown viruses in bats, similar to the pathogens of Hendra and Nipah fever, in the southern Chinese Province of Yunnan, TASS reports Photo: www.freepik.com The study was published in the PLoS Pathogens journal. Scientists from the Sun Yat-sen University studied the kidney tissues of 142 bats captured in 2017-2021 in the caves near the Yunnan Province orchards. During the analysis, the experts isolated the DNA and RNA of the pathogens and ...
11.07.2025China , scientists , virus , bats
Japan to have lab to study deadly viruses
... deadly pathogens, including the Ebola virus and Lassa fever, will appear ...
19.11.2024Japan , laboratory , virus
Media: paralysis-causing virus spreading in US wastewater
... cases of infection with this virus have already been detected in ... . It is claimed that the virus affects the nervous system and ...
18.09.2024usa , virus , disease , wastewater
First death from newly-found Alaskapox virus confirmed in US
... death from the new Alaskapox virus (AKPV) – similar to smallpox – ... department, the victim of the virus was an elderly man who ... man could have contracted the virus from a stray cat that ... possibility of transmission of the virus through wounds, as the cat ... tested negative for the Alaskapox virus. To date, there has ... person transmission of the Alaskapox virus, according to epidemiologist Julia Rogers ... The expert noted that the virus circulates primarily within animal populations ... would die from the virus.
12.02.2024US , virus
WHO urges increased safety measures due to new coronavirus variant JN.1
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for vigilance and additional precautions due to the emergence of a new coronavirus variant: JN.1, RIA Novosti reports photo: www.pixabay.com A highly mutated strain – a descendant of the famous Omicron – is reported to be spreading rapidly throughout the world, with WHO classifying it as a group of ‘variants of interest’. Initially, Omicron gave rise to the variant Pirola (BA.2.86), which caused concern among specialists due to its ability to ...
04.01.2024WHO , COVID-19 , virus , healthcare
Bloomberg: world must prepare for new global pandemic
... scientists and governments that the virus may be mutating in ways ... , such as MERS and Zika virus, have no vaccines or treatments ...
18.04.2023virus , diseases
Any strain of virus recognised by new test system from VSMU
... speed up the detection of various diseases by several times have ...
22.02.2023Medicine , VSMU , virus
Five new viruses dangerous to humans discovered in Chinese bats
Australian and Chinese researchers have identified five new viruses in bats that can be transmitted to humans. It is noted that the study studied samples from 2015 to 2019, RIA Novosti reports. Photo: www.pixabay.com Scientists took samples from 149 bats across the Yunnan Province of China for four years and identified five viruses ‘likely to be pathogenic to humans or livestock’. Moreover, the researchers add that bats can be carriers of several viruses at the same time. “This means that Sars ...
29.11.2022China , virus , bats
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