#ZoonoticViruses
Bats are reservoir hosts of many viruses yet stay asymptomatic. A new preprint finds GBP5, a rapidly evolving immune gene, plays a key role in antiviral defence of HIV, VSV & lyssaviruses.
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#Virology #BatImmunity #ZoonoticViruses #Evolution #OneHealth
Genomic and functional adaptations in guanylate-binding protein 5 (GBP5) highlight specificities of bat antiviral innate immunity
Bats are asymptomatic reservoirs of several zoonotic viruses. This may result from long-term coevolution between viruses and bats, that have led to host adaptations contributing to an effective balanc...
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March 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Discovering the unseen: A novel RNA virus in Plasmodium knowlesi reshapes our understanding of ormycovirus diversity and protozoan viromes! 🌍🔬

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EVBC👤: Justine Charon

#VirusBioinformatics #Metagenomics #ZoonoticViruses #Malaria
A virus associated with the zoonotic pathogen Plasmodium knowlesi causing human malaria is a member of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon
Abstract. The Apicomplexa are a phylum of single-celled eukaryotes that can infect humans and include the mosquito-borne parasite Plasmodium, the cause of
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December 3, 2024 at 10:22 AM