(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have determined the structure of the rubella virus capsid protein, which is central to the virus's ability to assemble into an infectious particle and to infect humans.

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The structure indicates that the rubella virus E1 glycoprotein evolved to become distant from that of the mosquito-borne viruses in the same family, creating its own niche as a strictly human virus.

"Rubella was this lone wolf, this mystery, this virus that never had any relatives," said Tony Goldberg, an epidemiologist at UW, who maintains a research project in Uganda's Kibale National Park.

RFK Jr. recently claimed that the MMR vaccine “contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles.”While the rubella virus in the shot is grown using fetal cells, the vaccine does not ...

The threat of the rubella virus is yet another reason why the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed "vaccine hesitancy" as one of the top 10 global health threats of 2019.

A team of researchers, including two from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has solved a long-running biological mystery, reporting the discovery of the first two viral relatives of rubella ...

The virus is contagious even without a rash, and pregnancy-related rubella can cause significant fetal harm, with a 20% chance of damage if contracted early in pregnancy.

Rubella Virus Capsid Protein Structure and its Role in Virus Assembly and Infection. Vidya Mangala Prasad a, Steven D. Willows b, Andrei Fokine a, Anthony J. Battisti a, Siyang Sun a, Pavel Plevka a,1 ...

Although a successful vaccine is available to protect against rubella virus infection, the discovery could aid efforts to develop vaccines and antiviral drugs to treat related infections. The protein ...