What is a pseudovirus? A pseudovirus is a recombinant viral particle artificially created by pseudotyping, and its core and envelope proteins are derived from different viruses. The parent virus used to generate a pseudovirus is typically a rhabdovirus (e.g., vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)) or a retrovirus (e.g., murine leukemia virus (MLV) or human immunodeficiency virus 1…
“Super fungus” Infection Cases in ICU of a Brazilian Hospital
Recently, a report published in the Journal of Fungi showed that the first cases of infection with the deadly super fungus Candida Auris (C. Auris) were found in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) of a Brazilian hospital. C. Auris is a multi-drug resistant fungus that can cause invasive infections, which was first discovered in Japan in 2009. Since then,…