The herpes virus is one of the most prevalent viral diseases known to man. As much as eighty percent of all people‚ worldwide‚ have herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1)‚ and twenty percent have herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2). This may sound like scary statistics‚ but most infected people suffer only mild discomfort. The more common form‚ HSV1‚ usually causes the occasional blister-like sores on or around the mouth. These blisters are called cold sores or fever blisters and‚ as most sufferers know
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that the association was discovered between infectious mononucleosis and the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). Infectious Mononucleosis is also named for the two researches who described the syndrome as infectious: Filatov Disease in 1887 and later Pfeiffer’s Disease in 1889. This disease is easily transmitted among young adults‚ usually oral and is often called the “kissing disease”.(Boe 26) The Epstein-Barr virus is a member of the Herpes family which
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is caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is a painful rash. It appears in a band‚ a strip‚ or a small area on one side of the face or body. It is also called herpes zoster. Common in older adults and people who have weak immune systems because of stress‚ injury‚ certain medicines‚ or other reasons. What causes shingles? Shingles occurs when the virus that causes chickenpox starts up again in your body. After you get better from chickenpox‚ the virus "sleeps" (is dormant) in your nerve
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brain dysfunction due to infective (usually viral) or non-infective processes. The pattern of brain involvement depends on the specific pathogen‚ the immunological state of the host‚ and a range of environmental factors. In encephalitis the virus initially gains entry and replicates in local or regional tissue‚ such as the GI tract‚ skin‚ urogenital system‚ or respiratory system. Many cases of encephalitis may go unnoticed because they result in only mild flu-like symptoms or even no symptoms
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The varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and herpes zosters. Primary infection from exposure through direct contact with a skin lesion or through airborne respiratory droplets leads to chickenpox‚ usually seen in children. After the initial infection‚ the virus is latent in the cranial nerve and dorsal root ganglia‚ and can reactivate later in life as herpes zoster (HZ)‚ also called shingles. Shingles has a household transmission rate of 15% while chickenpox has an 85% risk of transmission
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Pharmacologyonline 3: 64-72 (2006) Newsletter ROLE AND SCOPE OF ETHNOMEDICAL PLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIVIRALS Debprasad Chattopadhyay ICMR Virus Unit‚ ID & BG Hospital‚ GB 4‚ First floor‚ 57 Dr. Suresh C Banerjee Road‚ Beliaghata‚ Kolkata 700 010‚ India. Summary Ethnomedicinal plants have been used as source of drugs for almost all diseases‚ but none are used against viruses probably because there are a very few specific viral targets for natural molecules to interact. Most
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Imagine going on vacation to a foreign country and when you come home you are horribly sick. Your head hurts‚ you have a high fever‚ and you start vomiting. Chances are that you may have contracted the Ebola virus. Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) near the Ebola River in Zaire. Since its discovery‚ there have been four outbreaks of this disease. There are three known strains‚ of variations of ebola. There is no known cure for this disease(2).Ebola has become one of the
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BIO204 02-25-13 Discussion One Topic(s): Each year the influenza virus will infect anywhere between 5-20% of our Nations population and upwards of 200‚000 will become hospitalized for further treatments from complications. Most cases can occur between the months of October through May among those January and February is the peak months of the flu season. People most at risk of complications are the elderly above 65 years or older‚ children younger than 2 years old‚ and anyone who have chronic
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more likely than vice versa. There are two types of viruses‚ there is HSV-2 and HSV-1‚ these are found in and released from the sores that the viruses cause‚ but are released between outbreaks in skin that doesn’t seem to have a sore. Generally‚ the virus is contracted by sexual contact with someone who has the HSV-2 infection. The HSV-1 infection can cause genital herpes‚ but is common causes for mouth and lips infections‚ known as “fever blisters”. Teens should always use latex condoms to protect
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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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