High-affinity mutant strains develop in those with more virus exposure but can revert to low-affinity form in others, according to study in Science. NIAID researchers have found a new explanation for ...
Widespread vaccination efforts against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have successfully prevented innumerable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, ...
In a recent article published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers collated the findings of studies relating original antigenic sin (OAS) with severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
Although COVID-19 is giving us a temporary respite, influenza in humans and animals remains a serious threat. Its deadly H5N1 strain is spreading geographically and in more species of mammals, making ...
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte—reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...