Publications by authors named "Andrew T Jacob"
Article Synopsis
- The Sin Nombre virus (SNV) was first identified in 1993 in the Four Corners region of the U.S. and is responsible for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a severe respiratory illness.
- SNV is mainly found in deer mice and spreads through airborne particles from rodent droppings and urine.
- The article provides an overview of SNV's history, biological characteristics, its connection to other hantaviruses, and discusses disease treatment and prevention strategies.
Antimicrobial peptides are proteins that have been found to be an important factor in the natural immune response to a variety of pathogens. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a respiratory pathogen with the capability to cause serious upper and lower respiratory infections in infants and children and is a major viral cause of infant mortality. There is currently no functional vaccine for the virus, as recent efforts have been hindered by the virus's low immunogenicity, its ability to effectively mutate, and underlying instabilities of potential vaccines.
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