Issue · 2016
Vol.3, Iss. 5
4 articles · All issues →
ReviewPPRV-Induced Immunosuppression at the Interface of Virus-Host Interaction
Jose M. Rojas, Noemi Sevilla, Veronica Martin
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is the causal agent of a highly contagious disease that affects domestic and wild small ruminants, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR). Due to the important economical losses caused by this virus in Africa and Asia, the dev…
19 Jan 2017
Research ArticleHuman Cytomegalovirus Tegument Protein pUL23 Interacts with Capsid Protein pUL85
Shaoling Lin, Jiamiao Hu
The tegument protein pUL23 of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) plays an important in the virus pathobiology, however, its role in viral assembly and replication is poorly defined. In this study we demonstrated that HCMV pUL23 interacts with an essential comp…
1 Oct 2016
Research ArticleImmune-Related Gene Expression in Response to Different Strains of Egyptian Low Pathogenic H9N2 Infection in Chicken Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Ahmed Samy, Wesam Mady, Naglaa M. Haggag, Samah H. Mohamed, Ebtissam N. AlShamy, M.K. Hassan
Avian influenza H9N2 represents one of the most important challenges to poultry production worldwide. That is in addition to its ability to induce mortalities and reduce the productivity, it accused to be negatively affecting the avian immune response facilita…
26 Jan 2017
Mini-ReviewAvian coronavirus Main Replicase Enzymes at a Glance
Giselle R.R. Ayres
Avian Coronavirus (AvCoV) belongs to the Gammacoronavirus genus from the Coronaviridae family and Nidovirales order. Coronaviruses have a single-stranded positive RNA genome, corresponding to the largest known RNA genome, with about 27kb for AvCoV. The first 5…
19 Jan 2017