A novel tick-borne phlebovirus, closely related to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and Heartland virus, is a potential pathogen.

Tick-borne viral diseases have attracted much attention in recent years because of their increasing incidence and threat to human health. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus (SFTSV) and Heartland virus (HRTV) were recently identified as tick-borne phleboviruses (TBPVs) in Asia and the United States, respectively, and are associated with severe human diseases with similar clinical manifestations. In this study, we report the first identification and isolation of a novel TBPV named Guertu virus (GTV) from Dermacentor nuttalli ticks in Xinjiang Province, China, where TBPVs had not been previously discovered.

Molecular "Flower" as the High-Mobility Hole-Transport Material for Perovskite Solar Cells.

To develop novel hole-transport materials (HTMs) with less synthetic steps is still a great challenge. Here, a small molecule hexakis[4-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamino)phenyl]benzene (F-1) was successfully synthesized by a relatively simple scenario. F-1 exhibits a deep highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of -5.

Fine epitope mapping of the central immunodominant region of nucleoprotein from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV).

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a severe viral disease known to have occurred in over 30 countries and distinct regions, is caused by the tick-borne CCHF virus (CCHFV). Nucleocapsid protein (NP), which is encoded by the S gene, is the primary antigen detectable in infected cells. The goal of the present study was to map the minimal motifs of B-cell epitopes (BCEs) on NP.

A grid-like two-dimensional Ag(I)coordination polymer: poly[[[mu3-N'-(4-cyanobenzylidene)isonicotinohydrazide]silver(I)] perchlorate].

This study presents new coordinating modes of a Schiff base with three coordinating groups and an interesting two-dimensional framework based on two types of constructing units. In the title compound, {[Ag(C(14)H(10)N(4)O)]ClO(4)}(n), the Ag(I) ion is coordinated by three N atoms and one O atom from three different N'-(4-cyanobenzylidene)isonicotinohydrazide (L) ligands, forming a primary distorted square-planar coordination geometry. Two ligands each bridge two metal centres through one carbonitrile N atom in a monodentate mode and the hydrazide N and O atoms in a bidentate mode to form a small centrosymmetric (2+2)-Ag(2)L(2) ring as a principal constructing unit.