• Diverse variola virus (smallpox) strains were widespread in northern Europe in the Viking Age 

      Mühlemann, Barbara; Vinner, Lasse; Margaryan, Ashot; Wilhelmson, Helene; Castro, Constanza De La Fuente; Allentoft, Morten E.; Damgaard, Peter De Barros; Hansen, Anders J.; Nielsen, Sofie Holtsmark; Strand, Lisa Mariann; Bill, Jan; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Pushkina, Tamara; Falys, Ceri; Khartanovich, Valeri; Moiseyev, Vyacheslav; Jørkov, Marie Louise Schjellerup; Sørensen, Palle Østergaard; Magnusson, Yvonne; Gustin, Ingrid; Schroeder, Hannes; Sutter, Gerd; Smith, Geoffrey L.; Drosten, Christian; Fouchier, Ron A. M.; Smith, Derek J.; Willerslev, Eske; Jones, Terry C.; Sikora, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Humans have a notable capacity to withstand the ravages of infectious diseases. Smallpox killed millions of people but drove Jenner's invention of vaccination, which eventually led to the annihilation of this virus, declared ...
    • Immunometabolism pathways as the basis for innovative anti-viral strategies (INITIATE): A Marie Sklodowska-Curie innovative training network 

      van den Hoogen, Bernadette; Santoni, Angela; Sciume, Giuseppe; Bowie, Andrew; O'Farrelly, Cliona; O'Neill, Luke; Anthonsen, Marit Walbye; Pardali, Katerina; Young, Simon; Bergthaler, Andreas; Manel, Nicolas; Zahn, Roland; Kikkert, Marjolein; Snijder, Eric J.; van Kuppeveld, Frank; Fouchier, Ron A. M.; Hiscott, John B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The past century has witnessed major advances in the control of many infectious diseases, yet outbreaks and epidemics caused by (re-) emerging RNA viruses continue to pose a global threat to human health. As illustrated ...