The dengue virus attaches to the surface of a host cell ... deep inside the cell, the virus fuses with the endosomal membrane and is released into the cytoplasm. The virus particle comes apart ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...

However, viruses from many families can also spread directly between contacting cells ... infect a new host. For example, if the virus has a fragile lipid envelope, the virus particle could ...

A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of ...

Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained FloV-SA2 virus particles (top left). Scale bar: 100 nm; A ribosome ...

A lipid (fatty) covering that surrounds a viral particle. It is derived from the cell membrane of the host cell when the virus buds, or exits, the infected cell. The envelope is important for entry ...