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'''13 April 2018:''' A study in the mountains of [[Sierra Nevada (Spain)]] found that billions of viruses per square meter are deposited from above the [[planetary boundary layer]] each day. These viruses originate from the [[Sahara]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]]. <small>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/virosphere-evolution.html]</small> |
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'''22 June:''' Vaccine-derived [[poliovirus]] type 1 is confirmed to be circulating in [[Morobe Province]], [[Papua New Guinea]], after the country was declared [[Poliomyelitis eradication|free of the virus]] in 2000. <small>[http://www.wpro.who.int/papuanewguinea/mediacentre/releases/20180725/en/ WHO]</small> |
'''22 June:''' Vaccine-derived [[poliovirus]] type 1 is confirmed to be circulating in [[Morobe Province]], [[Papua New Guinea]], after the country was declared [[Poliomyelitis eradication|free of the virus]] in 2000. <small>[http://www.wpro.who.int/papuanewguinea/mediacentre/releases/20180725/en/ WHO]</small> |
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Revision as of 23:00, 12 December 2018
13 April 2018: A study in the mountains of Sierra Nevada (Spain) found that billions of viruses per square meter are deposited from above the planetary boundary layer each day. These viruses originate from the Sahara and Atlantic Ocean. [1]
22 June: Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 is confirmed to be circulating in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, after the country was declared free of the virus in 2000. WHO
16 June: An outbreak of Rift Valley fever has been confirmed in northern Kenya, with 26 human cases mainly in Wajir County, including 6 deaths, as well as widespread deaths and abortions in camels, goats and other livestock. WHO
1 June: In the ongoing outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala state, south India, there have been 18 confirmed cases with 17 deaths in the Kozhikode and Mallapuram districts. WHO
31 May: In the ongoing outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (pictured), 75 cases have been reported in Saudi Arabia since 12 January, including 23 deaths. WHO
23 May: An outbreak of measles is ongoing in the Amazonas and Roraima states of Brazil, with 995 suspected cases, including two deaths. WHO
21 May: Vaccination with rVSV-ZEBOV starts in the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the outbreak has spread from rural Bikoro to the city of Mbandaka, with a total of 58 suspected cases reported, including 27 deaths. WHO
17 May: The sialic acid-bearing cellular receptor for influenza A virus is shown to be the voltage-gated calcium channel, Cav1.2 (pictured). Cell Host & Microbe
16 May: The cellular receptor for several alphaviruses associated with rheumatic disease, including chikungunya, Mayaro, O'nyong nyong and Ross River viruses, is shown to be the cell adhesion molecule Mxra8. Nature
14 May: IMP-1088, a compound targeting human N-myristoyltransferases NMT1 and NMT2, is shown to prevent three different picornaviruses, rhinovirus, poliovirus and foot-and-mouth disease virus, from assembling capsids in vitro, by inhibiting myristoylation of the picornaviral VP0 protein. Nat Chem
9 May: Hepatitis B virus sequences are recovered from Bronze Age human remains up to 4,500 years old, and the virus is estimated to have evolved 8,600–20,900 years ago, disproving the hypothesis that it originated in the New World and spread to Europe in around the 16th century. Nature