Keyword: Virology

COVID-19

Platform gathers data on Brazilians with COVID-19

The COVID-19 Data Sharing/BR platform is a repository of clinical, laboratory and demographic data on people diagnosed with the infection in the country

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COVID-19

More than 100 different strains of the novel coronavirus identified in Brazil

More than 100 strains of SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Brazil, but only three spread across the country

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Predicting the course of epidemics

Mathematical modeling of infectious disease, a science perfected over the last 250 years, is helping guide the COVID-19 response through uncertainties

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Natural guests

Abundant viruses contribute to the genetic diversity of life on Earth and may have emerged four times throughout the planet's history

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Data

At least 125 COVID-19 vaccines are in development, with 10 already undergoing clinical trials

Vaccines in the clinical trials phase worldwide and in development in Brazil (as of May 27, 2020)

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Good practices

Fast error correction

Scientific papers on the novel coronavirus retracted due to misunderstandings and methodological flaws, most committed in good faith

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Interview

Carlos Guerra Schrago: The theory and practice of evolution

The discipline that seeks to reconstruct the histories of species is itself evolving, according to UFRJ biologist

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Interview

Michel Nussenzweig: Antibody hunter

Brazilian-born immunologist searches the plasma of patients who have survived COVID-19 for proteins capable of fighting the novel coronavirus

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The antivirus arsenal

The search for an effective treatment for COVID-19 includes testing drugs already used against other diseases and even plasma

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A frightening disease

Reports suggest the novel coronavirus may indirectly affect other organs as well as the lungs

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Science fights back

In just four months, 8,000 scientific articles have been published on Covid-19, more than 70 drugs tested against SARS-CoV-2, and the first vaccines trialed on humans

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Coronavirus

Virus on the attack

Transmission electron microscope images provide a detailed look at how SARS-CoV-2 attacks, infects, and replicates in a culture of Vero cells

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Coronavirus advances in Brazil

Covid-19 arrives with force as the country grapples with a dengue epidemic

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Scientific research on coronavirus

The coronaviridae virus family encompasses approximately 40 known species

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Public health

Novel coronavirus in Brazil

The new coronavirus that emerged in China has arrived in the country, where four other less dangerous types already circulate

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Epidemiology

Breaking boundaries

Real-time analyses reveal trajectory of Zika virus across the Americas

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BIODIVERSITY

Microbial alliances

Microbial diversity helps to solve environmental problems

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Interview

Bernardo Galvão: The battle against Aids and other fights

The battle against Aids and other fights

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