Viruses may be 'watching' you – some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unknowingly give them the signal to start multiplying and kill them
Phages, or viruses that infect bacteria, can lie dormant within chromosomes until they’re triggered to replicate and burst out of their hosts.
Ivan Erill, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County •
conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~8 min
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~8 min
La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes – and can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases
Not all cases of La Crosse disease affect the neurological system, but those that do can be severe and sometimes fatal – especially in children.
Rebecca Trout Fryxell, Associate Professor of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, University of Tennessee •
conversation
Sept. 9, 2022 • ~9 min
Sept. 9, 2022 • ~9 min
Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease
Health officials say the new case of polio in New York state and the presence of poliovirus in the municipal wastewater suggests that hundreds more could already be infected with the disease.
Rosemary Rochford, Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus •
conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~10 min
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~10 min
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