Professor Wendy Barclay is the Action Medical Research Chair in Virology and Head of the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, UK. She began her scientific career at what was ...

Viruses, like bacteria, can be important beneficial microbes in human health and in agriculture, researchers say, following a review of the current literature on beneficial viruses. "The word, virus, ...

A. Water microbiology is the _____ _____. This is done to determine what organisms are present, and if they are helpful or harmful. B. The safety of water for drink and contact is the main ...

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even ...

Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...