Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 712: Aerosol Detection and Transmission of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV): What Is the Evidence, and What Are the Knowledge Gaps?

Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 712: Aerosol Detection and Transmission of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV): What Is the Evidence, and What Are the Knowledge Gaps? Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080712 Authors: Andréia Gonçalves Arruda Steve Tousignant Juan Sanhueza Carles Vilalta Zvonimir Poljak Montserrat Torremorell Carmen Alonso Cesar A Corzo In human and veterinary medicine, there have been multiple reports of pathogens being airborne under experimental...

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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 711: The Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Protein ORF42 Is Required for Efficient Virion Production and Expression of Viral Proteins

Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 711: The Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Protein ORF42 Is Required for Efficient Virion Production and Expression of Viral Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080711 Authors: Matthew Butnaru Marta Maria Gaglia Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the etiologic agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma and other aggressive AIDS-associated malignancies, encodes over 90 genes, most of which are expressed only during the lytic replication cycle....

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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 710: Single Stranded DNA Viruses Associated with Capybara Faeces Sampled in Brazil

Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 710: Single Stranded DNA Viruses Associated with Capybara Faeces Sampled in Brazil Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080710 Authors: Rafaela S. Fontenele Cristiano Lacorte Natalia S. Lamas Kara Schmidlin Arvind Varsani Simone G. Ribeiro Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the world’s largest rodents, are distributed throughout South America. These wild herbivores are commonly found near water bodies and are well adapted to rural and urban areas....

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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 709: A Single Mutation N166D in Hemagglutinin Affects Antigenicity and Pathogenesis of H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus

Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 709: A Single Mutation N166D in Hemagglutinin Affects Antigenicity and Pathogenesis of H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080709 Authors: Fang Jin Xiaomei Dong Zhimin Wan Dan Ren Min Liu Tuoyu Geng Jianjun Zhang Wei Gao Hongxia Shao Aijian Qin Jianqiang Ye Some immune escape mutants of H9N2 virus and the corresponding mutations in hemagglutinin (HA) have been documented, but little is known about the impact of a single...

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