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Keeping up with virus taxonomy: viruses spread by vectors
October 19, 2022
The ‘Keeping up with virus taxonomy’ blog series returns! In the first post of the renewed series, we look at a range of viruses that are spread by vectors.
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MicroNews June
July 9, 2021
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss some of the times microbes and microbiology have been in the news over the last month. Listen to Matt and Laura discussing the a designer handbag made of fungus, how algae can help restore eyesight and why scientists are infecting mosquitoes with bacteria.
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Microbe Talk: Mosquito Saliva and its Enhancing Effect on Arboviruses
December 13, 2019
Anyone who’s been enjoying the sun on a nice summers evening knows the dreaded whine made by mosquitoes on the hunt for a meal. In recent years mosquitoes have been appearing in the news more and more due outbreaks of diseases such as dengue and Zika. As if getting bitten by a mosquito wasn’t bad enough, if it is carrying the arbovirus, the saliva causing the annoying itchy bumps is actually helping the arbovirus infect you.
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IMAV 2019 – a view from Twitter
September 12, 2019
IMAV 2019: International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors took place at the University of Glasgow on 5–6 September. We’ve turned to Twitter to look at some of the highlights of the meeting.
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The Emergence and History of Arboviruses
January 28, 2019
The name ‘arbovirus’ is an acronym for arthropod-borne virus, referring to viruses that are transmitted by arthropods, for example mosquitoes and ticks. Well known arboviruses include dengue, West Nile, yellow fever and Zika virus. Although malaria is mosquito-borne, it is a protist, not a virus, and so is not an arbovirus.
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Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses - a view from Twitter
September 13, 2018
The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses Focused Meeting took place at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK, between 3–4 September. We've turned to Twitter to look at some of the highlights of the meeting.
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Microbe Talk: West Nile Virus
August 17, 2018
West Nile Fever is a disease spread to humans and horses by mosquitoes. In Europe this year, there have been 230 cases of West Nile Fever, and 17 deaths. This month, we spoke with an expert to discuss where the virus comes from, what influences disease spread, and what infection looks like:
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On the Horizon: What is Oropouche virus?
January 23, 2017
In this edition of our On the Horizon series, we take a look at an obscure virus that may cause an important emerging disease in 2017, or may remain in obscurity for much of the world.
