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HSV-2- and HIV-1- permissive cell lines co-infected by HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-replicate HSV-2 and HIV-1 without production of HSV-2/HIV-1 pseudotype particles
Jérôme LeGoff1, Hicham Bouhlal1, Maxime Lecerf1, Christophe Klein2, Hakim Hocini1, Ali Si-Mohamed1, Martin Muggeridge3 and... Read More
Parasitism
Organisms depend on different sources of food to survive. Larger organisms like plants make their own food (autotrophs) and... Read More
Obligate parasite
Parasitism is a form of symbiosis that occurs between a parasite and its host. The parasite is the organism that generally... Read More
Lytic cycle
Definition noun One of the two cycles of viral reproduction (the other being the lysogenic cycle), which is usually... Read More
Anthroponosis
Definition noun, plural: anthroponoses An infectious disease that can be transmitted from a human host to an animal... Read More
Schistosoma
Definition noun (taxonomy) A genus of the Phylum Platyhelminthes that is comprised of parasitic... Read More
Accidental host
Accidental host One that harbors an organism which usually does not infect... Read More
Streptolysin O
Definition noun An oxygen-labile, immunogenic hemolysin produced by or derived from some strains of... Read More
Wuchereria bancrofti
Definition A species of the family Onchocercidae that infects the lymphatic system and causes lymphatic... Read More
Trichomonas vaginalis
Definition noun A parasitic flagellated protozoan that may infect the vagina and the urethra of women and the urethra and... Read More
Streptolysin S
Definition noun A nonantigenic, oxygen-stable β-hemolytic enzyme produced by some bacteria, especially... Read More
Glycocalyx
What is the Glycocalyx? The glycocalyx is a polysaccharide-based gel-like, highly hydrous cellular thin layer, covering... Read More
Semilunar valve
The human heart structure consists of heart chambers (2 atria and 2 ventricles) that differ functionally from each other.... Read More
Enterobacter aerogenes
Definition Noun A gram-negative rod shaped motile and encapsulated bacterium and have peritrichous flagella that surrounds... Read More
Yellow fever virus
Definition noun, plural: yellow fever viruses A Flavivirus species containing positive-sense, single-stranded RNA with about... Read More
Human milk oligosaccharide
Definition noun plural: human milk oligosaccharides An oligosaccharide that occurs in high concentrations and exclusively... Read More
Parasitoid
Definition noun, plural: parasitoids An organism that lives on or inside the host at one phase in its life cycle, and... Read More
Silent mutation
A mutation is a change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene or a chromosome. When there is only one nucleotide involved, it... Read More
Plaque assay
Definition noun An assay used for virus isolation and purification, and to determine viral titers. Supplement The plaque... Read More
Plaque-forming unit
Definition A measure of the quantity of individual infectious particles (e.g. virus particles) based on the number of... Read More
Fermentation
Fermentation Definition What is fermentation? Fermentation is the breaking down of sugar molecules into simpler compounds... Read More
Hypertonic
Hypertonic Definition Hypertonic is a term used to describe an entity being in the state of hypertonicity, where there is a... Read More
Susceptible
Resistance, vulnerability, sensitivity, tolerance, and susceptibility are some highly important terminologies across the... Read More
Temperate phage
Definition noun, plural: temperate phages A bacteriophage that displays lysogenic life cycle in contrast to virulent phage... Read More
Temperate virus
Definition noun A virus that does not cause immediate lysis following entry to its host but remains in a latent state,... Read More
Crown of head
Crown of Head Definition The crown of the head is the upper dorsal part (or area) of the head. Several creatures have... Read More