Environmental surveillance tools for monitoring polio eradication
Currently a major obstacle to the complete eradication of polio is that poliovirus from endemic countries can be reintroduced into polio-free countries. One way of…
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Dr Grant Hill-CawthorneRole of clonal expansion in HIV reservoir persistence
The major obstacle that prevents HIV cures from being achieved is the persistence of cells containing intact proviruses that can produce replication-competent virus. This reservoir…
Mapping the human blood virome
Understanding the totality of the blood virome is important for being sure that blood-derived transfusion products are safe and for identifying emerging pathogens. The authors…
Example of how viruses in fungi can impact upon non-self recognition in the innate immune system
In order for organisms to develop innate immunity they also need to be able to distinguish between self and non-self. Fungal vegetative incompatibility is a…