Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

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‘Filming’ viruses at atomic resolution Filoviruses, such as the Ebola virus and Marburg virus ... filovirus ‘nucleocapsid’ – a long, helical scaffolding structure that packages genetic ...

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was the first virus to be identified and described. Its name comes from the mosaic-like pattern it causes on the leaves of infected plants. Studies of TMV — including ...