Heliotropism (Botany 🌱)
Heliotropism, a form of tropism, is the diurnal or seasonal motion of plant parts in response to the direction of the Sun. The habit of some plants to move in the direction of the Sun, a form of tropism, was already known by the Ancient Greeks. They named one of those plants after that property Heliotropium, meaning "sun turn". The Greeks assumed it to be a passive effect, pr...
Enhanced #encephalitic #tropism of #bovine #H5N1 compared to the #Vietnam #H5N1 isolate in #mice
Source: BioRxIV, AbstractIn recent years, the landscape of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infections has shifted, as evidenced by an increase in infections among mammals. This includes the recent circulation of H5N1 in dairy cattle herds in the USA and a rise in associated human cases. In this study, we investigated differences in tissue tropism…
Source: BioRxIV, AbstractIn recent years, the landscape of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infections has shifted, as evidenced by an increase in infections among mammals. This inclu…