We report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus
was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the ongoing
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1. To understand the pathogenicity and …

… Israeli national who returned to Israel (ISR) after living in Nigeria, and a UK healthcare
worker (UK3) who was exposed to UK2 [20]. Methods of diagnostic confirmation for these cases …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 imposes an urgent need for rapid
development of an efficient and cost-effective vaccine, suitable for mass immunization. Here, we …

Objectives Environmental surfaces have been suggested as likely contributors in the transmission
of COVID-19. This study assessed the infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome …

The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to major economic and health challenges worldwide.
Revealing host genes essential for infection by multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 can …

The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has already caused devastating losses. Exponential
spread can be slowed by social distancing and population-wide isolation measures, but those …

We report the whole-genome sequence of a monkeypox virus strain isolated in Israel. The
strain was isolated in 2018 from a patient travelling back from West Africa. The virus was fully …

Frequent testing of large population groups combined with contact tracing and isolation
measures will be crucial for containing Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreaks. Here we present …

The emergence of rapidly spreading variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a major challenge to the ability of vaccines and therapeutic …