Kaleido Scope

International virus taxonomy experts convene at UAB

Approximately 25 global experts in virology will review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared properties, ...
News Medical

Scientists reach a substantial consensus on the four principles that will enable the future development and expansion of virus taxonomy

In a recent article published in PLOS Biology, a team of 45 virologists, evolutionary biologists, bioinformaticians, and structural biologists from around the world arrived at a consensus on virus ...
Kaleido Scope

Global virus authority to convene in Birmingham for the first time: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses to hold annual meeting at UAB

Approximately 25 global experts in virology will gather to review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared ...
The Poultry Site

Researchers uncover genetic keys to the increasing threat of H9N2 avian influenza

A new study has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian influenza viruses circulating in ...

In 2022, the world axed a disease name seen as racist. US just switched back.

Mpox is the name of the disease caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox, a relative of smallpox and cowpox that has exploded to ...