Journal of Virology

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The Journal of Virology is an academic journal that covers research concerning viruses, using cross-disciplinary approaches including biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, genetics, immunology, morphology, physiology and pathogenesis. Established in 1967, it is published twice monthly by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

Like other primary journals from the ASM, research papers are currently available free online four months after print publication.

Its 2007 impact factor was 5.332, with a ranking of third of 25 journals in virology. The journal is indexed in Agricola, BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, EMBASE, Medline/Index Medicus and Science Citation Index.

As of 2007, the Editor-in-Chief is Lynn W. Enquist (Princeton University, New Jersey, USA).

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No such thing as 'junk RNA,' say Pitt researchers

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Tiny strands of RNA previously dismissed as cellular junk are actually very stable molecules that may play significant roles in cellular processes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ...


Researcher studies monkeys in Africa to better understand virus evolution

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite the importance of AIDS in human health, scientists still know very little about the diversity and ecology of AIDS-like viruses in nature.


Frozen assets: Researchers turn to unique resource for clues to norovirus evolution

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The team ...


Computer simulation captures immune response to flu

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have successfully tested first the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body's immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and preparation ahead of future pandemics, ...


1918 flu resulted in current lineage of H1N1 swine influenza viruses, study says

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently. A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing ...


Researchers progress toward AIDS vaccine

Researchers progress toward AIDS vaccine

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rutgers AIDS researchers Gail Ferstandig Arnold and Eddy Arnold may have turned a corner in their search for a HIV vaccine. In a paper just published in the Journal of Virology, the husband and wife duo and ...


Drug blocks two of world's deadliest emerging viruses

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two highly lethal viruses that have emerged in recent outbreaks are susceptible to chloroquine, an established drug used to prevent and treat malaria, according to a new basic science study by researchers at Weill Cornell ...


Scientists Find Rare, Potent Antibody to HIV-1

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have for the first time isolated an important antibody in human serum that could potentially play a key role in the design of an AIDS vaccine. The research appears ...