Zika virus is just one of many RNA viruses—termed flaviviruses—that are spread by mosquitoes and ticks around the world. These viruses include West Nile virus, which is found in North Carolina.

Studies of RNA viruses have usually focused on those that cause diseases, according to Sullivan. (Some well-known RNA viruses include influenza, Ebola and the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.) ...

An RNA virus is a virus that has RNA, rather than DNA, as its genetic material. Many human pathogens are RNA viruses, including SARS virus, West Nile virus, HIV, and the ones Altan-Bonnet has been ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

Virus, virus everywhere . Earlier this year, Dominguez-Huerta and his colleagues reported finding more than 5,500 previously unidentified RNA viruses in the world's oceans.. For that study, which ...

By Dr. Sushama R. Chaphalkar, PhD. A new deep learning model, LucaProt, has detected over 251,000 new RNA virus species from global ecosystems, revealing unprecedented viral diversity in places ...

A study published in Science today (April 7) describes thousands of newly discovered RNA viruses and doubles the number of phyla in which they’re grouped from 5 to 10.. A team led by Ohio State ...

Coronaviruses, which are RNA viruses, are a bit unique though. The polymerases they use, called RNA polymerases, have an extra protein that helps them out in proofreading, said Debbink and ...

Zika virus is just one of many RNA viruses—termed flaviviruses—that are spread by mosquitoes and ticks around the world. These viruses include West Nile virus, which is found in North Carolina.