Virus article list
University of Tsukuba discovers that the risk of airborne virus transmission peaks within 5 seconds after passing face-to-face
A research group at the University of Tsukuba investigated the risk of virus exposure from exhaled air (jet) when passing face-to-face, and found that aerosol […]
Antibodies to tick-borne encephalitis virus in patients with neurological disorders in Hokkaido
Research group by Professor Hidenao Sasaki, Associate Professor Ichiro Yabe, and Professor Kentaro Yoshii of Nagasaki University Joint Research Center for Infectious Diseases […]
Two prosperity strategies for "indoor" and "outdoor" viruses
Viruses generally replicate themselves within infected cells and increase by becoming progeny particles and infecting new cells.wife […]
The University of Tokyo elucidates the characteristics of zofluza-resistant influenza virus
A research group led by Professor Kawaoka of the University of Tokyo is resistant to baloxavir marboxil (trade name: Zofluza) from influenza patients […]
Nagasaki University and Shizuoka University succeed in constructing a mathematical model that reproduces the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
Assistant Professor Kei Ito and Professor Taro Yamamoto of the Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, together with Professor Satoshi Morita of the Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, have a complex network […]
Fujita Medical University and Kitasato University succeed in artificial synthesis of human rotavirus for the first time in the world
The research group of Dr. Satoshi Kawamoto of Fujita Medical University and others is a joint research with Dr. Chitose Koyama of Kitasato University, and artificial human rotavirus […]
Discovery of the giant virus "Medusa virus" that has the entire set of histone genes
The research team, including Professor Hiroyuki Ogata of the Kyoto University Institute for Chemical Research, is a new giant virus "Medusa virus" that infects amoeba […]
Virus type can be identified from one influenza virus particle
Professor Tomoji Kawai, Associate Professor Makusu Tsutsui, Assistant Professor Akihide Arima (full-time), Professor Takashi Washio of the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology Material Science and Engineering […]
The University of Tokyo identifies new hepatitis B therapeutic drug candidates
The research group of the Department of Gastroenterology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, has found that the viral proteins HBx and host protein D […], which are important for the replication of hepatitis B virus.
Succeeded in detailed analysis of the core structure of Ebola virus Expected to develop a treatment method for Ebola hemorrhagic fever
The joint research group of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and others has conducted cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy analysis to develop the core structure of the Ebola virus […].