Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
causes lifelong infection. At least 5–10 million individuals worldwide are currently living with …

Dengue is an important global public health problem. The World Health Organization
estimates that 2/5 of entire world population are in risk of dengue infection. Almost 50 …

HTLV-1 is a retrovirus that causes lifelong T-cell infection in humans, impacting the host
immune response. This virus causes a range of clinical manifestations, from inflammatory …

Cross-reactive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 have been observed in pre-pandemic
cohorts and proposed to contribute to host protection. Here we assess 52 COVID-19 …

Background Accurate antibody tests are essential to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) can deliver testing at scale. However, reported …

The coronaviral spike is the dominant viral antigen and the target of neutralizing antibodies.
We show that SARS-CoV-2 spike binds biliverdin and bilirubin, the tetrapyrrole products of …

Background Despite circumstantial evidence for aerosol and fomite spread of SARS-CoV-2,
empirical data linking either pathway with transmission are scarce. Here we aimed to assess …

Objective To evaluate the performance of new lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) suitable
for use in a national coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) seroprevalence programme (real …

Two commercial antibody tests (Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG, Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park,
IL, USA; and Roche Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) …

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but
remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with …