Issue · 2014
Vol. 1, Iss. 3, Pages 78-102
4 articles · pp. 78-102 · All issues →
CommentaryInterference in Innate Immunity: Another Dimension in ICP0 Multi-functionality
Kathryne E. Taylor, Karen L. Mossman
The literature regarding the ICP0 protein from herpes simplex virus is complex and frequently contradictory, meaning that although this protein has been implicated in a wide variety of diverse functions, the mechanisms through which it produces these effects c…
21 Nov 2014- Mini-Review
Neonatal Gnotobiotic Pig Models for Studying Viral Pathogenesis, Immune Responses, and for Vaccine Evaluation
Xingdong Yang, Lijuan Yuan
The definition of gnotobiotic pig is a pig in which only certain known strains of virus or bacterium are present through deliberate inoculation with a particular virus strain or bacterial species and being maintained free of unwanted microbiota in sterile isol…
21 Nov 2014 
CommentaryBovine Viral Diarrhea in Brazil: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Matheus Nunes Weber, Simone Silveira, André Felipe Streck, Luís Gustavo Corbellini, Cláudio Wageck Canal
Bovine viral diarrhea is a disease caused by viruses of the genus Pestivirus in cattle worldwide. Herein, we present the current status of the disease in Brazil showing its nation-wide distribution. In Brazil, BVDV-1, BVDV-2 and ‘HoBi’-like viruses…
21 Nov 2014
Case ReportsClinical, Pathological and Molecular Investigations of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Infection in Goats from Turkana County in Kenya
Simon Mwangi Kihu, George Chege Gitao, Lily Caroline Bebora, Njenga Munene John, Gidraph Gachunga Wairire, Ndichu Maingi et al.
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), an economically important morbillivirus infection of sheep and goats, is widely distributed in Middle East, Central and South Asia, China and Africa. Whereas PPR antibodies were first reported in Kenyan small stock as early as…
22 Nov 2014