Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most severe form of viral hepatitis, affecting more than 15 million people worldwide. It codes for a single antigen, HDAg, of which only the structure of the ...

Langya virus (LayV) was discovered in febrile patients in China for which no countermeasures exist. We describe the architecture and antigenicity of the LayV fusion (F) and attachment (G) ...

It is around a month since the Government announced the "enhanced role" antigen tests would play in this phase of society reopening. Ever since, the devices have become part of ever day life for many ...

Langya virus (LayV) is a recently discovered henipavirus (HNV), isolated from febrile patients in China. HNV entry into host cells is mediated by the attachment (G) and fusion (F) glycoproteins which ...

For a while, antigen tests were seen as less useful and less reliable than the more time-consuming - and expensive - PCR test, even being branded as "snake oil" by NPHET's Professor Philip Nolan ...

Background: Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) are still a growing public health problem in Africa. Studies that synthesize the available evidence on the seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Surface ...