Viruses are master molecular manipulators, and evolved to thrive and survive in all species.[...].

Viruses that cause chronic infection constitute a stable but little-recognized part of our metagenome: our virome. Ongoing immune responses hold these chronic viruses at bay while avoiding immunopathologic damage to persistently infected tissues. The immunologic imprint generated by these responses to our virome defines the normal immune system. The resulting dynamic but metastable equilibrium ...

The three most important viruses of rabbits include: Myxoma virus (MV), the poxvirus that causes Myxomatosis, the calicivirus (genus Lagovirus) of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHDV), and Lapine Rotavirus (LRV), which is an enteric agent. There are some other viral agents in rabbits (parvovirus, coronavirus, adenovirus, calicivirus (genus Vesivirus), enterovirus-like, reovirus, herpesvirus and c...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of β cells [1]. Beside genetic factors, environmental factors such as viruses have been reported to be associated with T1D in human. These viruses include Rubella virus and cytomegalo virus [2,3], coxsackieviruses [4], mumps virus [5], Epstein-Barr virus [6,7], varicella zostar virus [8], rotavirus [9], H1N1 influenza v...

In bronchial asthma, respiratory virus infection involves several issues: 1) respiratory virus infection in infancy is a risk factor for, and may predispose to, the development of asthma later in life; 2) respiratory virus infection is associated with the acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma; and, 3) glucocorticosteroids (GC) are not adequate for controlling asthma-related symptoms upon respi...