Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from infected cells

Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types – those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or in the environment.

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Hepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from infected cells

Hepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from infected cells






















Source: Medical Xpress

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