Predicting the next eye pathogen: Analysis of a novel adenovirus
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 20:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers used a combined genomic, bioinformatics and biological analysis to identify a unique deletion in a key protein of the viral capsid and further suggested the potential of the virus to cause severe ocular infection. The results point toward a possible approach for predicting pathogenicity for newly identified and recently emergent human pathogens.