The dengue virus has a roughly spherical structure. It is composed of the viral genome and capsid proteins surrounded by an envelope and a shell of proteins. After infecting a host cell ...

Dengue Virus Genome and Structure The dengue virus genome is a single strand of RNA. It is referred to as positive-sense RNA because it can be directly translated into proteins. The viral genome ...

Selvavinayagam said the technicians at the lab were trained in genome sequencing as they already performed it for Covid-19.

For years, scientists have looked to a critical piece of immune system machinery - known as the interferon pathway - for answers. There, when our cells sense an infection, they release a protein known ...

New research suggests that climate change is currently driving a surge in global dengue infections and that case rates could increase by 60% by 2050. Nearly 20% of cases of dengue fever, a ...

CAMERON COUNTY, Texas — One person is sick with a case of dengue virus that was transmitted in Texas, health officials announced Monday. It's the first locally-acquired case of the virus in ...