NEW MICROBIOLOGICA‚ 36‚ 211-227‚ 2013 Chikungunya virus infection: an overview Claudia Caglioti‚ Eleonora Lalle‚ Concetta Castilletti‚ Fabrizio Carletti‚ Maria Rosaria Capobianchi‚ Licia Bordi Laboratory of Virology‚ “L. Spallanzani” National Institute for Infectious Diseases‚ Rome‚ Italy SUMMARY Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family‚ first isolated in Tanzania in 1952. The main vectors are mosquitoes from the Aedes species. Recently
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Ever since the virus got out‚ our town has be quarantined for months. The virus is deadly; If you catch it you won’t notice it at first‚ but you’ll slowly start to catch a fever. Your skin will be hot as fire. Welts will begin to form all over your body and you’ll begin to bleed from every pore. It’s sickening to watch and it’s a sight you’ll never forget for as long as you live; however long that may be. My mother and sister have contracted it. I can tell from their high fever and even though they’re
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Donating Blood as Stated by the American Red Cross It is said that 70% of Americans are eligible to give blood even though the criteria to donate seems quite strict. Each case is treated individually based on why the person is donating. An autologous donor is one who is giving blood to use for them self if needed during a future surgery. All others are anonymous donors who donate blood for others to use when it is needed. I will discuss the reasons why a person could not donate blood as an anonymous
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humans. Another virus‚ Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚
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Somehow immune to an unstoppable‚ incurable virus‚ military virologist Robert Neville is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows? watching Neville’s every move? waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last‚ best hope‚ Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered? and quickly running out of time. SYNOPSIS The
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Zika virus is a disease spread to people mainly through a mosquito bite. The mosquito has to be infected with Aedes Species. Aedes Species is the main character that spreads the virus that causes Zika. Usually the mosquito that carries the virus is a female. There are a number of symptoms involved with the disease. For example some common symptoms are a fever‚ rash‚ joint pain and red eyes. This is a mild illness where the symptoms can last for several days to a week after the initial bite. If you
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Zika Virus‚ the rogue bug‚ has created quite a dreadful scene on an international scale by spreading rapidly to over 39 countries across the world. Doctors have described this as a “pandemic in progress”‚ indicating a state of emergency due to its rapid geographic expansion. Here are answers to all the questions you will ever need to ask about the Zika virus- What is the Zika Virus disease? It is a disease caused by a day time active species of mosquitoes infected by a virus called Zika. The
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How to remove Virus from USB Drives One of the ways by which a virus can infect your PC is through USB/Pen drives. Common viruses such as ’Ravmon’ ‚ ‘New Folder.exe’‚ ‘Orkut is banned’ etc are spreading through USB drives. Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do‚ in most cases they are unable to delete the file‚ only quarantine it. Here are the things which you can do if you want to remove such viruses from your USB drives. 1. Whenever you plug a USB drive in
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cases of acute hepatitis C virus infections reported in the United States. There were 3.5 million people who were reported to have chronic hepatitis C. Acute hepatitis C is a short-term illness that occurs within the first six months after someone is exposed to the hepatitis C virus. Chronic hepatitis C means the virus remains in the person’s body. Hepatitis C can last a lifetime and lead to cirrhosis or scarring of the liver or liver cancer. Hepatitis C is spread when blood from a person infected
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Box 353055 · University of W ashington · Seattle W A 98195-3055 www.hallway.org Science‚ Discrimination‚ and the Blood Supply: San José State University’s Blood Drive Ban San José State University Suspends Campus Blood Drives On January 29‚ 2008‚ Don W. Kassing‚ President of San José State University (SJSU)‚ announced that he was suspending indefinitely all blood drives taking place on the SJSU campus‚ plus any drives taking place elsewhere that were arranged by employees representing
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