(http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/02/11/newly_identified_natural_protein_blocks_hiv_other_deadly_viruses.html) Date Published February 11‚ 2013 06:40 PM Synopsis: A team of UCLA-led researchers has identified a protein with broad virus-fighting properties that potentially could be used as a weapon against deadly human pathogenic
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Ebola Virus Ebola virus (EBOV) is considered to be one of the most belligerent contagious agents and has an ability to cause highly fatal hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in human and non-human primate’s death (NHPs) during the days of exposure. The first notification of the virus was mentioned in the Ebola River valley in Zaire for the time of an outburst in 1976. Moreover‚ the outbursts have appeared in Africa over the following 27 years‚ with death rates that differ from 50 to 90%. In
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The Variola virus otherwise known as the Small pox is an enveloped protected DNA containing virus that causes severe illness. Small pox has a history dating back to prehistory times. It is believed to have appeared around 10‚000 BC in northeast Africa. Evidence was suggested by medical examination of mummies ; their skin appeared have contain skin lesions resembling those ones that have had small pox. The infection of the variola virus seemed uncontainable during the prehistory times and even during
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A person can spread the hepatitis A virus if their feces come into contact with someone else‚ since the virus lives and can be found in the infecteds stool/feces. This is why the hepatitis A virus is mainly transmitted through contaminated food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ or even lack of personal hygiene. If a person consumes contaminated food or comes into contact with the virus‚ the person will then begin to receive the disease and ultimately become infected
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Norwalk Virus As the summer season is in full gear now a particular virus is looming in the horizon. This virus is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans and is the most frequently implicated cause of outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Noroviruses are a group of single-stranded RNA viruses in the family Caliciviridae that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans.(1) Norwalk virus is the prototypical strain in the genus. Noroviruses cause an estimated
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characteristics are used to place each virus in a specific group? The three characteristics that are used to place each virus include the virus’ combination of their nucleic acid‚ strandedness (whether it’s single-stranded
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among viruses. 2. A microbiologist analyzes chemicals obtained from an enveloped RNA virus that infects monkeys. He finds that the viral envelope contains a protein characteristic of monkey cells. Which of the following is the most likely explanation? ( Concept 19.1) Your Answer: | Its presence is a result of the monkey’s immunological response. | | Correct Answer: | The viral envelope forms as the virus leaves the host cell. | | No. This does not explain the presence of either the envelope
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Communicable Disease Michael E Aponte Professor Steiner University of Phoenix HCS 457 Chickenpox is a highly communicable virus named the varicella-zoster virus and closely resembles the herpes virus. The virus can be released into the air by coughing or sneezing‚ spreading the virus from person to person. The virus also can be spread by touching the fluids from a chickenpox blister. Chickenpox is so contagious that an individual who has never had exposure to chickenpox has an 80%
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is spreading in poultry in Egypt and Asia. The virus is deadly to birds‚ as well as any mammal or human who come in contact with the birds. The first case of H5N1 in humans was reported to be in Hong Kong in 1997‚ and the virus has reemerged in 2003/2004 in Asia‚ Europe and Africa. Nearly 60 percent of the people with the virus has died since. Compared to other types of influenza‚ the bird flu does not spread as easily from human to human. The virus spreads between humans if an infected person is
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(homeostasis). copyright cmassengale 2 What are Viruses? A virus is a noncellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. copyright cmassengale 3 Viral History copyright cmassengale 4 Discovery of Viruses Beijerinck (1897) coined the Latin name “virus” meaning poison He studied filtered plant juices & found they caused healthy plants to become sick copyright cmassengale 5 Tobacco Mosaic Virus Wendell Stanley (1935) crystallized sap from sick tobacco
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