Many infectious diseases have emerged or reemerged in Africa in the 21st century. Some of
them are associated with newly discovered microorganisms such as Rickettsia felis and …

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is prominently associated with microcephaly in
babies born to infected mothers as well as Guillain-Barré Syndrome in adults. Each cell type …

Background The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative pathogen of hepatitis E, a global
public health concern. HEV comprises 8 genotypes with a wide host range and geographic …

Morbilliviruses are highly contagious pathogens and are responsible for various outbreaks
in unexposed populations (Pfeffermann et al., 2018). They belong to the order …

Neurodegenerative disorders are often a culmination of the accumulation of abnormally
folded proteins and defective organelles. Autophagy is a process of removing these …

In 1977, the world witnessed both the eradication of smallpox and the beginning of the
modern age of genomics. Over the following half‐century, 7 epidemic viruses of international …

Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a new global health threat. Since its first discovery in Zika
forest in Uganda, this virus has been isolated from several mosquito species, including …

Canine morbillivirus (CDV) is a serious pathogen that can cause fatal systemic disease in a
wide range of domestic and wildlife carnivores. Outbreaks of CDV in wildlife species lead to …

Introduction: Apoptosis and autophagy are the two fundamental processes involved in
maintaining homeostasis, and a common stimulus may initiate the processes. Autophagy …

The NS1 protein of nine mosquito-borne flaviviruses, including Dengue virus 1–4, Japanese
encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, Tembusu virus, and Zika virus, shows …