Many pet fish end up in ponds, fountains and waterways. But before ditching your goldfish in the park, stop and think about the viruses you could also be releasing.
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Humans have a deep history of viral infections, the evidence for which dates back to ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies.
The virus that could cure antibiotic resistant infections.
When it comes to preventing the spread of germs, how you dry your hands can be just as important as how you wash them.
Angola’s yellow fever outbreak has been declared a grade 2 emergency by the World Health Organisation.
How has a retrovirus survived intact within the human genome for millennia, and how has it affected us?
What is the difference between these pathogens, and how dangerous are they?
Bats can carry some of the deadliest diseases known to affect humans and yet they don’t seem to get sick. So what can we learn from a bat’s immune system?
Globalisation has ensured that pandemics are a fact of life, but are we learning from past mistakes?
Satellite imaging can locate mosquito-friendly environments, allowing us to predict the advance of diseases they carry.
New study maps the spread of ‘deformed wing virus’ – and it follows patterns of human trade.
Some have criticised the idea of birth control to counter small heads in babies thought to be linked to Zika virus but it’s an opportunity.
They’re good, they’re bad and they’re useful: we are still discovering what we can do with plant viruses.
Two major clinical trials will be conducted in South Africa in 2016 to test ways of preventing new HIV infections.
The word “virus” strikes terror into the hearts of most people. But most viruses are actually vital to our very existence.
Ebola’s clever trick – to lie dormant inside a cell or to hide in a particular organ – is not unfamiliar. Lots of viruses do it. HIV is the master of such a trick.
A Scottish nurse who was “cured” from Ebola is now back in serious condition after the virus appeared to have re-emerged.
Researchers have found a promising way of kicking the AIDS virus out of its hiding place in infected cells, potentially removing the main obstacle to curing HIV.
There’s no doubt chronic alcohol abuse changes the body’s infection-defence system. But here’s what the research says on whether a binge-drinking weekend can make people more susceptible to illness.
Antibiotics can prevent serious harm and stop infections becoming fatal. But they won’t kill common cold and flu viruses, and careless overprescribing by doctors can do more harm than good.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Research Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Director of Microbiology, University of California, San Diego
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Sussex
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Professor of Medicine and Vice President, Research, McMaster University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital and Consultant Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
