Influenza viruses have caused four pandemics during the last century.1 The 1918 H1N1 pandemic claimed 20–50 million lives, the 1957 H2N2 pandemic and the 1968 H3N2 pandemic claimed 1–4 million lives...

Influenza, a serious illness of humans and domesticated animals, has been studied intensively for many years. It therefore provides an example of how much we can learn from detailed studies of an...

The USDA said four Nevada dairy herds were infected with an H5N1 bird flu strain that has circulated in wild birds, making prospects for containment in cows appear dim.

A life dedicated to understanding viruses with pandemic potential

The British scientist on the risk of humans contracting bird flu, how people would cope with new lockdowns and being asked to pour the tea because she is a woman

Restrictions have recently been put in place in England and Scotland to curb the spread of bird flu.

imageimageThe RNA polymerase complex of the Nipah virus is responsible for both replication and transcription of the viral RNA genome. This study elucidates the structure of the RNA polymerase in...

Past influenza pandemics contained polymerase genes from avian influenza viruses, affecting viral replication and pathogenicity.