2026 July - 116 articles
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) poses a serious threat to global agricultural production. It is an exceptionally stable virus with a broad host range and is widespread across diverse agroecosystems. Concerning TMV management, plant-derived metabolites hav...
Ebola virus disease (EVD) has traditionally been considered an acute infection characterized by high mortality and severe systemic inflammation. However, growing evidence accumulated over the last decade has progressively challenged this view, demons...
The Oropouche virus (OROV), an orthobunyavirus primarily transmitted by the biting midge Culicoides paraensis, is the causative agent of Oropouche fever, a re-emerging arboviral disease associated with significant morbidity in Central and South Ameri...
Innate immunity predictors of HIV-1 risk and pathogenesis vary with reproductive hormones, pregnancy, and lactation, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that pregnancy-associated physiological adaptations alter systemic micr...
Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV) is a carlavirus that is transmitted by whiteflies and can also be spread through seeds in cowpea, soybean, and common bean. Seed transmission of CPMMV has been described in various countries; however, it was only rece...
Feline panleukopenia is a highly contagious and often fatal disease in cats caused by the feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), a member of the Parvoviridae family. Despite the widespread use of vaccination, FPV remains a significant threat to both domes...
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi poses a severe threat to public health. As conventional antibiotics lose efficacy against emerging resistant strains, the need to develop alternative antimicrobial agents has become increasingly urgent. In thi...
Influenza A (H5N1) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus with a human fatality rate of approximately 60%. Pediatric cases and associated neurological manifestations remain poorly documented in Latin America. This report describes the first confirmed...
Flaviviruses, encompassing notable pathogens, like Dengue, Zika, West Nile, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses, elicit complex cellular stress responses, involving pathways such as the unfolded protein response (UPR), integrated stress response (ISR...
Live-attenuated rotavirus (RV) vaccines are the most effective interventions for preventing RV gastroenteritis (RVGE) in young children. However, the molecular basis of attenuation remains not well understood. Here, we describe a compact but comprehe...
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a pathogen that causes Gumboro disease in young chickens. Vaccine strains and field IBDV genotypes are disseminated in chickens from commercial poultry farms worldwide. This study aimed to detect the field IB...
The inherent genomic plasticity of RNA viruses, particularly influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2, poses a major obstacle to the establishment of durable herd immunity. This challenge is further compounded by immune imprinting, whereby prior antigenic ex...
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small ssDNA satellite virus that receives wide attention due to its popularity as a safe and effective gene therapy vector. The AAV cell entry receptor (AAVR) for most serotypes is a glycoprotein containing five poly...
Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are central to modern virology diagnostics. However, evidence supporting alternative specimen types remains uneven across viral families, especially for emerging viruses. This limits diagnostic flexibility in...
Background: Gender differences in aging among people with HIV (PWH) remain poorly characterized. Women with HIV (WWH) may experience more complex aging trajectories, due to the interplay of biological, clinical, and psychosocial factors. In this cont...
Secondary dengue infections are often linked to more severe clinical outcomes, yet pre-existing antibodies may exert either protective or pathogenic effects. To evaluate the role of acute-phase dengue antibodies in pediatric dengue, we analyzed clini...
Retroviruses induce immunosuppression in their infected hosts. This phenomenon is well described for the immunodeficiency viruses, with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) representing the best-studied example, but it also occurs in other ret...
The global outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) demonstrated qualitatively new epidemiological characteristics of the infection, significantly different from previous outbreaks, mainly limited to the regions of Central and West Africa. The scale and sp...
Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are widely distributed and have a wide range of hosts. Recently, the number of cases of infection associated with the circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 2.3.4.4b has raised concerns about its high tra...
Objectives: The ongoing evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the current treatment limitations—particularly the emergence of drug resistance and the reduced efficacy of some existing drugs against new va...
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe, mainly transmitted via consumption of naturally contaminated food or contact with infected animals. People living in the Balkans have diverse dietary habits, with high pork consumpti...
The northeastern region of China is characterized by complex ecosystems, including forests and wetlands, and borders North Korea, Russia, and Mongolia. It serves not only as a natural reservoir for various microorganisms but also as a critical geogra...
Canine distemper virus (CDV), currently classified within the species Morbillivirus canis, is a major vaccine-preventable pathogen of domestic dogs and a wide range of susceptible wildlife species. Still, laboratory-confirmed epidemiological data fro...
Patients with cancer are at increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. Yet, the immunological determinants underlying this vulnerability remain incompletely understood, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. Moreover, the impact of th...
Dengue remains a major public health challenge in Peru, where recurrent outbreaks show marked variation in clinical presentation. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized available evidence to quantify the frequency and variability of den...
Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of foodborne viral gastroenteritis worldwide, yet its persistence in foods is still commonly interpreted through a simplified framework of contamination and residual survival. Accumulating evidence indicat...
Background: Hepatitis delta (HDV) is the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis, with rapid progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and remains neglected in the Amazon Basin. The state of Acre, in the Western Brazilian Amazon, is...
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is characterized by immune dysregulation and damaging hyperinflammation. We aimed to characterize the signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms dysregulated during EVD. To avoid hyperinflammation, innate immune signaling...
Avian orthoreovirus (ARV) has re-emerged as one of the most important viral pathogens affecting modern poultry production worldwide. In China, the epidemiological landscape of ARV has undergone a substantial transformation over the past decade, chara...
Rotavirus infection is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, which is characterized by fever, emesis, and diarrhea. In some children, rotaviral infection can spread beyond the gastrointestinal tract and affect the nervous system, kidney...
Marine algal viruses exhibit a high level of diversity, and closely related viruses targeting the same algal host species can stably coexist. Here we report an example of a single virus–host system concealing hidden complexity. We discovered tw...
Avian influenza viruses continue to pose significant zoonotic and pandemic threat globally, with low-pathogenic avian influenza A(H9N2) being of particular concern due to sustained circulation in poultry, adaptability, and repeated human spillover. T...
Convergent evolution in protein antigens is common across pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2; the most likely reason is the need to evade the selective pressure exerted by previous infection- or vaccine-elicited immunity. There is a pressing need for au...
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1) are major pathogens affecting cattle worldwide, leading to significant economic losses in livestock production systems. This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence and dual...
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that causes severe illness in livestock and humans, with significant economic and health repercussions. Mauritania is considered an RVF focus in West Africa. A cross-sectional survey was cond...
Coronaviruses encode a variety of non-structural proteins (NSPs) that collectively mediate viral genome replication, transcription and remodeling of the host cellular microenvironment. As a highly conserved transmembrane protein, non-structural prote...
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious morbillivirus associated with severe neurological disease in dogs. Although apoptosis is recognized as an important mechanism in CDV-associated neurodegeneration, the relationship between regional v...
Virus infection requires coordinated activation of pathogen-sensing, innate immune, and cellular stress response pathways to mount an effective antiviral defense. Recognition of nucleic acid pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern r...
Porcine group A rotavirus (PoRVA) is a significant cause of viral diarrhea in piglets, necessitating urgent global implementation of effective control strategies. This review assesses advancements in PoRVA in vitro cultivation and amplification, cruc...
The increasing virulence of field strains of Marek’s disease virus (MDV), which can overcome the immunity conferred by the widely used CVI988 vaccine, underscores the need for more effective alternatives. The SC9-1 vaccine strain has demonstrat...
JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) is a worldwide-distributed human virus. Primary infection with JCPyV is usually asymptomatic and followed by a lifelong persistent infection. In situations of profound immunosuppression or prolonged treatment with specific imm...
Influenza viruses, due to their simple genomic structure and potent immunostimulatory capacity, have been extensively explored for applications in cancer immunotherapy and viral vector vaccine development. However, wild-type influenza viruses possess...
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is central to outbreak response for high-consequence ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, but useful genomes depend on workflow design, sample quality, biosafety, diagnostic breadth, infrastructure, and bioinformatics as much...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains one of the most relevant congenital and early-life infections in pediatrics because of its high global seroprevalence, lifelong latency, and potential for reactivation or reinfection. Biologically, the virus poses a part...
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major cause of disease in swine production, resulting in a high economic impact that has been exacerbated by the recent North American outbreaks of highly virulent PRRSV-2 strain (L1C.5...
Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) caused by Andes Orthohantavirus (ANDV) carries case-fatality rates up to 40%; however, the innate immune determinants of disease severity remain poorly defined. Natural killer (NK) cells are central mediator...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b have recently spread across the Americas, prompting intensified surveillance efforts in Brazil aimed at early detection in wild birds. As part of these efforts, we identified...
HEV genotype 3 is classified into several subtypes. In Italy, 3f, 3c, 3e and, rarely, 3a subtypes are usually detected in human hepatitis E cases: the present study documents, for the first time, the detection of the 3i subtype, previously described...
In May 2026, two outbreaks occurred at once: an Andes virus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius expedition cruise ship (13 cases (12 laboratory-confirmed and 1 probable), 3 deaths, and more than 600 contacts traced across 32 countries and territories; pas...
Enterovirus G (EV-G) is an important enteric pathogen widely circulating in swine populations and is characterized by considerable genetic diversity and recombination potential. In recent years, recombinant EV-G strains carrying exogenous papain-like...
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