West nile virus is a family of enveloped positive-strand, RNA viruses which mainly infect mammals and birds. The virus is usually transmitted through mosquitoes ...

The University of Edinburgh-led research team traced the lineage, or family tree, of 743 distinct RNA virus species to track how they evolved, including all species currently known to infect humans.

The University of Edinburgh-led research team traced the lineage, or family tree, of 743 distinct RNA virus species to track how they evolved, including all species currently known to infect humans.

Dengue virus is a part of the same RNA virus family as the West Nile virus. “The amazing thing about the virus is that is has a small number of proteins and it can kill you,” Choi said. While the ...

The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is an RNA virus belonging to the arenaviridae family. Infection by this virus can result in viral clearance, viral persistence in the body, immune ...

Marburg virus disease affects both people and non-human primates, and is caused by a genetically unique animal-borne RNA virus of the filovirus family (the same family as the Ebola virus).