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First Death in Minnesota from Powassan Virus - 0 views

  • Locally, Powassan infected ticks have been found in Houston County
Casey Finnerty

Cooperative interactions in the West Nile virus mutant swarm - 0 views

  • In addition, our data demonstrate that increasing levels of co-infection can lead to widespread strain complementation, which acts to maintain high levels of phenotypic and genetic diversity and potentially slow selection for individual variants. Lastly, we show that cooperative interactions may lead to swarm fitness levels which exceed the relative fitness levels of any individual genotype.
Casey Finnerty

Quasispecies diversity determines pathogenesis throug... [Nature. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

  • Analysis of viruses isolated from brain provides direct evidence for complementation between members in the quasispecies, indicating that selection indeed occurs at the population level rather than on individual variants.
Casey Finnerty

Judy Mikovits in Prison: What Does It Mean for Research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? - ... - 0 views

  • This created a climate of mistrust that breeds hero-worship and conspiracy theories and that can cast a scientist simultaneously as a savior and a villain.
Casey Finnerty

VIRULENCE NOT ONLY COSTS BUT ALSO BENEFITS THE TRANSMISSION OF A FUNGAL VIRUS - Bryner ... - 0 views

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    This paper provides experimental support for the ideas of Anderson and May on host-parasite coevolution.
Casey Finnerty

Introduction of the Six Major Genomic Deletions of Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA)... - 0 views

  • In mice, CVA mutants with up to three deletions showed slightly enhanced virulence, suggesting that gene deletion in replicating vaccinia virus (VACV) can result in gain of fitness in vivo.
Casey Finnerty

Selecting the Viruses in the Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Vaccine | Health Professionals | ... - 0 views

  • It takes at least six months to produce large quantities of influenza vaccine. For vaccine to be delivered in time for vaccination to begin in October and November, manufacturers may begin to grow one or more of the virus strains in January based on their best guess as to what strains are most likely to be included in the vaccine.
  • Currently, only viruses grown in eggs can be used as vaccine virus strains. If specimens have been grown in other cell lines, they cannot be used for vaccine strains. However, more and more laboratories do not use eggs to grow influenza viruses, making it difficult to obtain potential vaccine strains. In addition, some influenza viruses, like H3N2 viruses, grow poorly in eggs, making it even more difficult to obtain possible vaccine strains.
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    Another follow-up on how viruses are chosen for the seasonal influenza vaccine, and what viruses are used for the current vaccine.
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