Viral Tracking
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A Luciferase-Fluorescent Reporter Influenza Virus to Track Viral Infections
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2025
This video demonstrates a method to track viral infections in mouse models using a recombinant luciferase and fluorescence protein-expressing bi-reporter Influenza A virus. This method enables both in vivo and ex vivo studies, enabling researchers to gain insights into viral dynamics and the effects of interventions.
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Cost-effective Method for Microbial Source Tracking Using Specific Human and Animal Viruses
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2011
The study describes a cost-effective method for the identification of the source of fecal/urine contamination or contamination by nitrates in water using qPCR for the specific quantification of human/porcine/bovine DNA viruses, adenoviruses and polyomaviruses, proposed as MST tools.
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Viral Recombination
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2019
Cells are sometimes infected by more than one virus at once. When two viruses disassemble to expose their genomes for replication in the same cell, similar regions of their genomes can pair together and exchange sequences in a process called recombination. Alternatively, viruses with segmented genomes can swap segments in a process called reassortment. Viral Recombination Can Create New Diseases Some diseases can infect multiple species. For example, pigs can be infected by some human and...
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Viral Structure
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2019
Viruses are extraordinarily diverse in shape and size, but they all have several structural features in common. All viruses have a core that contains a DNA- or RNA-based genome. The core is surrounded by a protective coat of proteins called the capsid. The capsid is composed of subunits called capsomeres. The capsid and genome-containing core are together known as the nucleocapsid. Structural Classes of Viruses Many criteria are used to classify viruses, including capsid design. Most viruses...
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In Utero Viral Transduction in a Mouse
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2025
Source: Lutz, D., et al. Assessment of Ultrastructural Neuroplasticity Parameters After In Utero Transduction of the Developing Mouse Brain and Spinal Cord. J. Vis. Exp. (2019).This video demonstrates viral transduction via in-utero injection in mouse embryos. A pregnant mouse is prepared for the surgery, and a midline incision is made to expose the uterine horns. A mixture of a virus containing the desired gene and a tracking dye is injected into the embryos within the uterine sacs at the...
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Fluorescent and luminescent reporters convert otherwise difficult-to-follow infection events into detectable signals. Investigators can label virions directly or engineer reporter viruses that generate fluorescence or luminescence, then compare signal location and patterns over time. This approach links observable imaging results with viral movement, replication, and spread, making infection dynamics accessible in cells, tissues, or whole organisms.
The distinction comes from following where signal appears and how it changes over time. Spatial patterns can indicate movement between cells or tissues, whereas temporal changes in reporter-associated signal can help examine replication dynamics. Interpreting both dimensions together lets researchers relate local infection events to dissemination and broader disease progression.
By aligning viral location and spread with host responses, investigators can examine whether infection remains localized, disseminates through tissues, or continues as immune defenses act. In immunology and infection studies, this provides a way to connect viral behavior with immune protection and processes associated with pathogenesis, rather than measuring host responses in isolation.
A study generally begins by selecting either labeled virions or a reporter-virus design suited to the infection question. Investigators introduce the system into host cells, tissues, or organisms, collect images or other signals over time, and compare the resulting patterns. Analysis then relates viral behavior to dissemination, immune responses, disease progression, or treatment effects.
Microscopy and other imaging methods provide the readout that makes viral behavior observable across time and biological scale. Fluorescent signals can be followed in images, while luminescent signals provide another measurable indication of infection. Depending on the system, these observations can show where infection is occurring and how it changes across host cells, tissues, or organisms.
Researchers may choose this approach when the central question concerns how infection unfolds rather than only whether infection is present. It supports pathogenesis studies, evaluation of antiviral treatments, vaccine-response research, and transmission investigations. Following viral behavior over time can connect an intervention or immune response with altered spread, replication, or disease progression.