Herpes is one of the most common viral infections in the world, yet it remains widely misunderstood. Caused by the herpes ...

Nipah virus is a rare but potentially deadly disease that has caused repeated outbreaks in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh.

A suspected virus raises immediate concern within a carefully maintained snake collection. The footage captures the ...

Unlike HIV or HBV, HCV replicates its genome directly into RNA without a DNA intermediate, so it lacks a latent, nuclear form that defies ready immunological clearance. In order for the virus to exist ...

Because measles is so contagious, experts say that vaccination rates need to be above about 95 percent to stem the spread of ...

"How do I know if I have Ebola?" This question might be crossing your mind if you have traveled recently or been in contact with someone who may have the disease. It is important to note that the CDC ...

One person has died from Nipah virus in Bangladesh. It comes after an outbreak of Nipah virus was confirmed in India. Nipah virus has a high fatality rate and has been described as a ’priority disease ...

Samples from a patient who recently developed the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. showed mutations that may make it easier for the virus to bind to cell receptors in the human upper ...

In the update, the UKHSA highlighted some symptoms to look out for. These can vary depending on the site and severity of ...

Canine coronavirus and influenza D are two zoonotic viruses that researchers say have “considerable potential” for causing future epidemics in people. In an article published recently in Emerging ...

Asymptomatic disease and early progression. The progression of HCV infection to cirrhosis is often asymptomatic and clinically silent. In chronic hepatitis, the correlation of biochemical liver ...