Dr Kallis explained: "Most people who catch a chronic viral hepatitis have no symptoms when they first acquire the virus and ...

Virus infection can suppress the immune system, so patients should be monitored for secondary infections that might require other treatments. Prevention is important.

Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that new viruses could emerge .. | Microbiology ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The doctor explained how climate changes can trigger viral infections and affect children and elderly people severely.

But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms – a lower lung infection, hacking cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever – was just picking up ...

Hepatitis viruses A to E differ in transmission and severity, ranging from foodborne infections to bloodborne risks. We got in touch with an expert who explains how poor sanitation, contaminated ...

A new technique, VIRIM (virus infection real-time imaging), allows for viral infection to be visualized in the ... this moment determines whether the virus can spread further,” Boersma explained.