The virus likely circulated undetected in the ... Because of its segmented pattern, the OROV genome is likely to undergo reassortment and recombination events. The study identified 21 reassortment ...

genomes are readily shuffled in host cells that are infected with more than one flu virus. For example, when a cell is infected with influenza viruses from different species, reassortment can ...

A virus similar to avian IAV strains has also ... These findings suggest that genetic reassortment events with the HA and NA segments contribute to their genetic diversity and the adaptability ...

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey ...

A new study uncovers how Oropouche virus is breaking out of the Amazon, spreading across Brazil and beyond. Scientists warn that environmental changes, human mobility, and viral evolution are ...

In the past, researchers have proposed that the seasonal H1N1 virus that emerged after the pandemic did so as the result of reassortment, the shuffling of genes among multiple viruses infecting the ...

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Though there are no ...

There are concerns about a more dangerous virus emerging, combining bird flu and seasonal flu in a process called reassortment. “I am very worried about H5N1 in patients that are being treated ...