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Forest loss is driving mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood

In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that many species now prefer feeding on people rather than the forest’s diverse wildlife.

^ScienceDaily

'She also points out that some viruses such as Ebola and Zika don’t have a known latent phase, yet “we know people where, six months after recovery, you get transmission of #Zika, or #Ebola, or reactivation of problems . . . That means that full length RNA is there and can resume production.”
#Virology

bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1156

Where do viruses hide in the human body?

The question of how SARS-CoV-2 persists in the body has refocused scientists on the question of where viruses persist in humans more generally.

^{The BMJ}

'To address this critical knowledge gap, we conducted a comprehensive cross-species analysis of transcriptomic data from over 6000 blood samples from macaques and humans infected with one of 31 viruses, including #Lassa, #Ebola, #Marburg, #Zika, and #dengue.'
#Immunology #Virology #preprint

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…

Systems immunology of transcriptional responses to viral infection identifies conserved antiviral pathways across macaques and humans

Viral pandemics and epidemics pose a significant global threat, with emerging and re-emerging viruses responsible for four pandemics in the 21st century alone.

^bioRxiv