Prion diseases, the frightening neuron-killing disorders that transmit via infectious proteins rather than by viruses or bacteria, rarely jump from one species to another. But just a few amino acids ...

Just the other day our tomcat brought in what looked like another mouse, a regular casualty of his nightly hunting expeditions. When I scared him off, he dropped his prize at my feet and I knew right ...

When cannibals ate brains of people who died from prion disease, many of them fell ill with the fatal neurodegenerative disease as well. Likewise, when cows were fed protein contaminated with bovine ...

Researchers from the Zoonosis Science Center at Uppsala University have identified a new coronavirus. Their study of approximately 260 bank voles caught around Grimsö, Örebro County, shows that the ...

The bank vole is a small rodent native to northern Europe and Asia, where it inhabits woodland and scrubland habitats at sea level and lower altitudes. This species has a stout, mouse-like appearance ...

In a new Viruses study, researchers report the discovery of the Gimso virus, a novel betacoronavirus in a bank vole (Myodes glareolus) from Grimso, Sweden. These findings emphasize the importance of ...

Bank voles were first positively identified in this country in 1964 from specimens found near Listowel in north Kerry. Today they are only found in the southwest, roughly speaking below a line drawn ...

Transmission of prions between species is inefficient, and only a small proportion of exposed recipients become sick within their lifetimes. A new study takes a close look at one exception to this ...

Researchers have identified a new coronavirus. Their study of approximately 260 bank voles shows that the virus is well established in Sweden's red-backed voles. Researchers from the Zoonosis Science ...