A new study uncovers how Oropouche virus is breaking out of the Amazon, spreading across Brazil and beyond. Scientists warn that environmental changes, human mobility, and viral evolution are driving ...

The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help ...

Reassortment of the influenza A virus occurs frequently throughout its evolutionary history, according to a new study in PLoS Pathogens. The researchers found that the severe influenza epidemics of ...

The latest bird flu outbreak in South Korea is presumed to be a new type of avian influenza strain that is a reassortment of highly pathogenic strains that spread in Europe last year, the quarantine ...

Reassortment of Flu Viruses Most Likely in China, Nile Delta The potential for reassortment between human and avian influenza viruses underscores that emerging diseases arise at the convergence of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have identified several locations, primarily in Asia, where there is high potential for influenza ...