The classic laboratory methods for the detection and differentiation of HSV-1/2 and VZV, including Tzanck smear testing, viral culture, DFA testing and serologic testing, have been well documented in ...

Infections by Hantavirus (Bunyaviridae) can cause severe human diseases, such as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Eurasia and cardiopulmonary syndrome in the Americas. These diseases are ...

Infectious keratitis remains a leading cause of corneal blindness and visual impairment worldwide, with bacterial, fungal, amoebic and viral pathogens presenting major diagnostic and therapeutic ...

A virus diagnosis device that gives lab-quality results within just three minutes has been invented by engineers at the University of Bath, who describe it as the 'world's fastest Covid test'. The ...

Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) coinfection in people with chronic hepatitis B is associated with rapid progression to liver cirrhosis and high mortality. In 2020, the estimated global HDV burden ...

A new rapid expert consultation from a standing committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine responds to a request from the White House Office of Science and Technology ...

There have been more than seven million confirmed Covid-19-linked deaths since the virus first emerged in late 2019. But the origin of the virus that caused them, Sars-CoV-2, is still shrouded in ...

Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in infected laboratory fish, researchers report. Zebrafish in ...

Chronic hepatitis D coinfection affects an estimated 12 million people globally, with higher prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, especially the African and Western Pacific regions.