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Viruses, Volume 17, Issue 1

January 2025 - 135 articles

Cover Story: The recent monkeypox (mpox) outbreak in Central Africa and its worldwide spread led the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern. The limited efficacy of tecovirimat (TPOXX), an FDA-approved small-molecule antiviral recommended to treat mpox cases with severe symptoms, and the emergence of TPOXX-resistant MPXV have highlighted the urgent need for alternative therapeutic strategies. In this study, we provide evidence that the combination therapy of TPOXX together with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), or the N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) inhibitor IMP-1088, as well as the combination of MMF and IMP-1088, exhibit strong dose-dependent synergistic antiviral activity against MPXV. Our findings support the combination therapy of direct-acting (TPOXX) and host-targeted (MMF and IMP-1088) antivirals as a promising approach to treating mpox. View this paper
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Articles (135)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,267 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Cognitive Functions in People Living with HIV Before and After COVID-19 Infection

  • Dimtrios Basoulis,
  • Elpida Mastrogianni,
  • Irene Eliadi,
  • Nikolaos Platakis,
  • Dimitris Platis and
  • Mina Psichogiou

20 January 2025

Background: Cognitive function decline is a problem in aging people living with HIV (PLWHIV). COVID-19 infection is associated with neuropsychiatric manifestations that may persist. The aim of our study was to evaluate cognitive function in PLWHIV be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,211 Views
13 Pages

Transcytosis of T4 Bacteriophage Through Intestinal Cells Enhances Its Immune Activation

  • Amanda Carroll-Portillo,
  • October Barnes,
  • Cristina N. Coffman,
  • Cody A. Braun,
  • Sudha B. Singh and
  • Henry C. Lin

19 January 2025

Interactions between bacteriophages with mammalian immune cells are of great interest and most phages possess at least one molecular pattern (nucleic acid, sugar residue, or protein structure) that is recognizable to the immune system through pathoge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,263 Views
13 Pages

18 January 2025

In this narrative review, we explore the burden and risk factors of various herpesvirus infections in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy or bispecific antibodies (BsAb) for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. A...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,088 Views
15 Pages

Interferon-Stimulated Genes and Immune Metabolites as Broad-Spectrum Biomarkers for Viral Infections

  • Chien-Hsin Huang,
  • Maudry Laurent-Rolle,
  • Tyler L. Grove and
  • Jack Chun-Chieh Hsu

18 January 2025

The type I interferon (IFN-I) response is a critical component of the immune defense against various viral pathogens, triggering the expression of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). These ISGs encode proteins with diverse antiviral funct...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,553 Views
12 Pages

Domestic Dogs Exposed to Orthopoxvirus in Urban Areas of Brazil

  • Débora de Meneses,
  • Ana G. Stoffella-Dutra,
  • Vicenzo S. Blaso,
  • Iara M. de Almeida,
  • Karolina L. Dias,
  • Iago José da S. Domingos,
  • Gabriela P. Ribeiro,
  • Wendel Coura-Vital,
  • Alexandre B. Reis and
  • Thallyta M. Vieira
  • + 1 author

17 January 2025

Domestic animals can share viral pathogens with humans, acting mainly as a bridge host. The Orthopoxvirus genus hosts important zoonotic species that have emerged in urban areas worldwide. Nevertheless, the role of companion animals, such as dogs and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,794 Views
13 Pages

Eight Years of Norovirus Surveillance in Urban Wastewater: Insights from Next-Generation

  • Giusy Bonanno Ferraro,
  • David Brandtner,
  • Pamela Mancini,
  • Carolina Veneri,
  • Marcello Iaconelli,
  • Elisabetta Suffredini and
  • Giuseppina La Rosa

17 January 2025

Human noroviruses (HNoVs) are a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, with significant public health implications. In this study, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was used to monitor the circulation and genetic diversity of HNoVs in Ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,290 Views
19 Pages

17 January 2025

Self-assembling ferritin nanoparticle technology is a widely used vaccine development platform for enhancing the efficacy of subunit vaccines by displaying multiple antigens on nanocages. The dengue virus (DENV) envelope domain III (EDIII) protein, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,149 Views
11 Pages

Low-Level Zoonotic Transmission of Clade C MERS-CoV in Africa: Insights from Scoping Review and Cohort Studies in Hospital and Community Settings

  • Andrew Karani,
  • Cynthia Ombok,
  • Silvia Situma,
  • Robert Breiman,
  • Marianne Mureithi,
  • Walter Jaoko,
  • M. Kariuki Njenga and
  • Isaac Ngere

17 January 2025

Human outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are more common in Middle Eastern and Asian human populations, associated with clades A and B. In Africa, where clade C is dominant in camels, human cases are minimal. We revi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,001 Views
17 Pages

Screening of Insertion Sites and Tags on EV-A71 VP1 Protein for Recombinant Virus Construction

  • Miaomiao Kang,
  • Xiangyi Li,
  • Xiaohong Li,
  • Rui Yu,
  • Shuo Zhang,
  • Jingjing Yan,
  • Xiaoyan Zhang,
  • Jianqing Xu,
  • Buyong Ma and
  • Shuye Zhang

17 January 2025

This study aimed to create a new recombinant virus by modifying the EV-A71 capsid protein, serving as a useful tool and model for studying human Enteroviruses. We developed a new screening method using EV-A71 pseudovirus particles to systematically i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,154 Views
19 Pages

17 January 2025

Background: HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection poses a significant health challenge, particularly when involving the central nervous system (CNS), where it leads to severe morbidity and mortality. Current treatments face challenges such as drug r...

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