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26/11/2025

Metabolic Hostile Takeover: How Influenza Virus Reprograms Cellular Metabolism for Replication

by Xianfeng Hui et al.

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Influenza viruses are adept at hijacking host cellular machinery to facilitate their replication and propagation. A critical aspect of this hijacking involves the reprogramming of host cell metabolism. This review summarizes current findings on how influenza virus infection alters major metabolic pa...

26/11/2025

Genetic and Serological Analysis of H7N3 Avian Influenza Viruses in Mexico for Pandemic Risk Assessment

by Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera et al.

Avian influenza A viruses pose ongoing threats to human and animal health, with H7 subtypes causing outbreaks globally.

26/11/2025

Clade Ib Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Clinical and Virological Report of the First Case in Kinshasa, the Capital City

by Franck Kasongo-Mulenda et al.

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The ongoing mpox clade Ib outbreak was first detected in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and was associated with sexual transmission. It emerged in Kamituga, a mining city and spread rapidly in surrounding health zones and reached cities like Bukavu and Goma. Here, we describe the cli...

26/11/2025

Lipids, Tetraspanins, and Exosomes: Cell Factors in Orthoflavivirus Replication and Propagation

by Magda L. Benitez-Vega et al.

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The cellular membrane is a dynamic structure composed of lipids and proteins organized into specialized domains that facilitate interactions between extracellular molecules and the intracellular environment. Tetraspanins are a family of transmembrane proteins involved in diverse cellular processes,....

25/11/2025

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25/11/2025

Metabolic Hostile Takeover: How Influenza Virus Reprograms Cellular Metabolism for Replication

by Xianfeng Hui et al.

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Influenza viruses are adept at hijacking host cellular machinery to facilitate their replication and propagation. A critical aspect of this hijacking involves the reprogramming of host cell metabolism. This review summarizes current findings on how influenza virus infection alters major metabolic pa...

25/11/2025

Genetic and Serological Analysis of H7N3 Avian Influenza Viruses in Mexico for Pandemic Risk Assessment

by Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera et al.

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Avian influenza A viruses pose ongoing threats to human and animal health, with H7 subtypes causing outbreaks globally. In Mexico, highly pathogenic H7N3 viruses have circulated in poultry since 2012, causing sporadic human infections. Here we analyzed genetic markers in hemagglutinin sequences from...

25/11/2025

Predictive Factors and Clinical Markers of Recurrent Wheezing and Asthma After RSV Infection

by Luca Buttarelli et al.

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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) in young children, especially bronchiolitis, with significant global health and economic impact. Increasing evidence links early-life RSV infection to long-term respiratory complications, notably recurre...

21/11/2025

The Role of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein in Host Inflammation

by Yujia Cao et al.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has posed substantial health threats and triggered widespread global economic disruption. The nucleocapsid (N) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is not only a key structural protein but also...

20/11/2025

🎉 A successful Special Issue from Viruses!

📚 11 papers published
✨ Avg. 7.27 citations per paper

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20/11/2025

Baseline Dysregulation in B, T, and NK Cells in COVID-19 Predicts Increased Late Mortality but Not Long-COVID Symptoms: Results from a Single-Center Observational Study

by Aleksandra Matyja-Bednarczyk et al.

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presents a broad clinical spectrum from asymptomatic cases to severe respiratory failure with high mortality.

20/11/2025

Impact of Vaccinating Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine—A Systematic Review

by Dominik Pruski et al.

🔎https://tinyurl.com/3vbbts8h