To conceptualize this transformation, let's examine the replication of retroviruses, the family of viruses to which HIV belongs. This process very closely mirrors the movement of an important ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different ...

The dengue virus attaches to the surface of a host cell and enters the cell by a process called endocytosis. Once deep inside the cell, the virus fuses with the endosomal membrane and is released ...

Select a category above to classify viruses according to shared characteristics. Select any virus below to explore its structure and biology. The envelope contains viral proteins embedded in it.

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

It feels like every other day, we hear about some virus or other causing havoc in critical systems around the world, but how many of them ever stop to ...