Topic: Didier Raoult
From rabies to bird flu to HIV, diseases passing from animals to humans is a well-known phenomenon. At least, that's what doctors thought until Didier Raoult of the University of the Mediterranean in Marseilles, France, discovered that the mild mottle virus found ...
Could a plant virus have found a way to infect humans?. Now Didier Raoult at the University of the Mediterranean in Marseille, France, and his team think a pepper virus is making people sick, too.. Raoult's team is now working to gather ...
Scientists in France have isolated a new giant virus that lurks inside amoeba and whose gene pool includes genetic material from other species.The virus " is a completely new viral form," said Didier Raoult, head of infectious and emerging tropical disease research ...
With the discovery of Mimi, scientists are close to ascribing to viruses the last role that anyone would have conceived for them: In addition to its signature viral shape, Mimi exhibited what is known as an eclipse phase, a bit of telltale ...
A newly discovered type of virus that spreads at the expense of other viruses, could be used to combat viral infections, say researchers.. Didier Raoult and colleagues from the University of the Mediterranean, France, say that the virus, called Sputnik, spreads by ...