SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: role of viral proteins and genomic diversity in virus infection and COVID-19 progression
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); a severe respiratory distress that has emerged from the city of Wuhan, Hubei prov... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 27, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Hosni A. M. Hussein, Ali A. Thabet, Ahmed A. Wardany, Ahmed M. El-Adly, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed E. A. Hassan, Mohamed A. B. Abdeldayem, Abdul-Rahman M. A. Mohamed, Ali Sobhy, Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar, Magdy M. Afifi, Samah M. Fathy and Serageldeen Sultan Tags: Review Source Type: research

Efficacy of different doses of corticosteroids in treating severe COVID-19 pneumonia
To investigate the efficacy of different doses of corticosteroids in treating severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 26, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Ge zhang, Lin Su, Wenwen Wu, Qing Qiao, Shuncui Gao, Yan Zhang and Yanmei Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal relationship between obstetric-related diseases and COVID-19
Several observational studies demonstrated that pregnant individuals with COVID-19 had a higher risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth. We aimed to determine whether women with COVID-19 diagnosis had adverse p... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 25, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Yan Fang and Dajun Fang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Hypermethylation of the glutathione peroxidase 4 gene promoter is associated with the occurrence of immune tolerance phase in chronic hepatitis B
This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance of glutathione peroxidase 4(GPX4) in the occurrence... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 21, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Xing Su, Zhaohui Wang, Jihui Li, Shuai Gao, Yuchen Fan and Kai Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Cross-neutralizing antibody against emerging Omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 in infection-na ïve individuals with homologous BNT162b2 or BNT162b2(WT + BA.4/5) bivalent booster vaccination
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, different variants and subvariants successively emerged to dominate global virus circulation as a result of immune evasion, replication fitness or both. COVID-19 vaccines con... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 21, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Samuel M.S. Cheng, Chris K.P. Mok, John K.C. Li, Ken K.P. Chan, Kristine S. Luk, Ben H.W. Lee, Haogao Gu, Karl C.K. Chan, Leo C.H. Tsang, Karen Y.S. Yiu, Ken K.C. Ling, Yun Sang Tang, Leo L.H. Luk, Jennifer K.M. Yu, Andrew Pekosz, Richard J. Webby & helli Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

Epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 by vaccination status: a multicenter historical cohort study
COVID-19 disease resulted in over six million deaths worldwide. Although vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated efficacy, breakthrough infections became increasingly common. There is still a lack of data reg... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 21, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Shatha Alshanqeeti, Susan Szpunar, Premchand Anne, Louis Saravolatz and Ashish Bhargava Tags: Research Source Type: research

A computational approach to design a multiepitope vaccine against H5N1 virus
Since 1997, highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, such as H5N1, have been recognized as a possible pandemic hazard to men and the poultry business. The rapid rate of mutation of H5N1 viruses makes the who... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 20, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Fatemeh Dashti, Arash Raisi, Ghazaleh Pourali, Zahra Sadat Razavi, Fatemeh Ravaei, Javid Sadri Nahand, Fatemeh Kourkinejad-Gharaei, Seyed Mohammad Ali Mirazimi, Javad Zamani, Hossein Tarrahimofrad, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian and Hamed Mirzaei Tags: Research Source Type: research

Early administration of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir leads to faster negative SARS-CoV-2 nasal swabs than monoclonal antibodies in COVID 19 patients at high-risk for severe disease
Besides the well-established efficacy in preventing severe COVID-19, the impact of early treatments, namely antivirals and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), on the time length to negativization of SARS-CoV-2 nasal... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 20, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Marta Colaneri, Giovanni Scaglione, Federico Fassio, Lucia Galli, Alessia Lai, Annalisa Bergna, Arianna Gabrieli, Maciej Tarkowski, Carla Della Ventura, Valeria Colombo, Laura Cordier, Davide Bernasconi, Mario Corbellino, Gianfranco Dedivitiis, Silvia Bor Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

Correction: Seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections in Hunan, China, 2013 –2022
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Source: Virology Journal - March 20, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Le-Yun Xie, Tao Wang, Tian Yu, Xian Hu, Le Yang, Li-Li Zhong, Bing Zhang and Sai-Zhen Zeng Tags: Correction Source Type: research

Correction: antigenic drift and immunity gap explain reduction in protective responses against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of human sera collected in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023
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Source: Virology Journal - March 18, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Even Fossum, Andreas Rohringer, Torstein Aune, Kjersti Margrethe Rydland, Karoline Bragstad and Olav Hungnes Tags: Correction Source Type: research

Liver injury in COVID-19: an insight into pathobiology and roles of risk factors
COVID-19 is a complex disease that can lead to fatal respiratory failure with extrapulmonary complications, either as a direct result of viral invasion in multiple organs or secondary to oxygen supply shortage... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 15, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Abbas Tazarghi, Sahar Bazoq, Mohammad Hosein Taziki Balajelini, Mohsen Ebrahimi, Seyed Mehran Hosseini and Hadi Razavi Nikoo Tags: Review Source Type: research

Development of a time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay kit for detecting canine coronavirus and parvovirus through double labeling
This study aimed to ... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 11, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Laiqing Li, Cuicui Chen, Huankun Liang, Wenqi Dong, V. N. Leontiev and Igor Vitalievich Voytov Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Congenital CMV infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit: high prevalence among twin newborns
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most important pathogens associated with congenital infection worldwide. Most congenital CMV-infected infants are asymptomatic at birth; however, some can develop delayed se... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 8, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Lauro Juliano Marin, P érola Rodrigues dos Santos, Felipe Charu Ramos, Uener Ribeiro dos Santos, Marcílio Marques, Luciana Debortoli de Carvalho, Sandra Rocha Gadelha and Victor Hugo Aquino Tags: Research Source Type: research

Epidemiology and diagnosis technologies of human metapneumovirus in China: a mini review
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a newly identified pathogen causing acute respiratory tract infections in young infants worldwide. Since the initial document of HMPV infection in China in 2003, Chinese scienti... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 7, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Yuan Feng, Tao He, Bo Zhang, Haibin Yuan and Yinfei Zhou Tags: Review Source Type: research

RNA-seq analysis of chlorogenic acid intervention in duck embryo fibroblasts infected with duck plague virus
Chlorogenic acid, the primary active component in Chinese medicines like honeysuckle, exhibits anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. It has been demonstrated that chlorogenic acid effectively prevents and t... (Source: Virology Journal)
Source: Virology Journal - March 7, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Yunyun Yang, Qiandong Zhang, Haiqing Cai, Yi Feng, Anlin Wen, Ying Yang and Ming Wen Tags: Research Source Type: research