genetically altered a deadly flu virus (H5N1) to make it more contagious. The two teams consisted of scientist from Erasmus Medical Center‚ in the Netherlands‚ and the other at the University of Wisconsin (McNeil & Grady‚ 2012). Some argued that the research should have never been done‚ while others believe that the research may be beneficial for finding vaccines and antiviral drugs to combat the virus. There is one point on which the factions agree: The ability of a virus to spread easily from person
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capable of fighting off most bacterial infections so they can mainly be treated with antibiotics. A viral infection is a type of infection by a virus. It is one in which is spreaded by a virus that is pathogenic to human beings. They are much smaller than bacteria and it is much more difficult to kill a virus than it is to kill bacteria. A virus can’t grow or exist without any host cells. It could cause illnesses as minor as the common cold or as severe a AIDS. Unlike Bacterial Infections‚
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ENCEPHALITIS is a severe inflammation of the brain‚ encephalitis is usually caused by a mosquito-borne or‚ in some areas‚ a tick borne virus. Viruses transmitted by anthropods are arboviruses (arthropodborne). Referred to as infectious viral encephalitides‚ encephalitis may occur also as a complication of systemic viral diseases such as poliomyelitis‚ rabies‚ or mononucleosis‚ or it may arise after recovery from viral infections such as rubella or rubeola. SYNONYMS OR OTHER NAMES OF THE DISEASE
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Virus is a small particle that can infect the cells of living organisms‚ and bacterium is a microorganism itself. Viruses do not perform reproduction function‚ as they can replicate only in case of host cell infection. There are several types of viruses and all of them are different with the structure‚ there are helical viruses‚ icosahedra viruses‚ enveloped viruses and complex viruses. The simplest forms of virus structure are nucleic acid and capsid. The distinctive feature of virus activity
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the swelling of the brain dew to a virus. This virus can be caused by several reasons like West Nile‚ herpes‚ Arboviru (such as birds‚ pigs etc.) and also rabies as long as he got bit by something or touched some king of animal or travel out of the country he could have cached the virus. Once we knew that encephalitis was the case we processed with acyclovir by intravenous infusion which is an injection to treat virus infections such as the situation as the virus in your father presents. The medication
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writing it. Cold sores are an unpleasant‚ although not serious condition that causes painful and ugly looking sores around the mouth that are often triggered by stress‚ either physical or mental. Cold sores can occur due to herpes simplex virus of type I. These virus are extremely contagious and once contracted will stay in the body for life time. Although it is not serious and clears up on its own‚ anyone who has suffered from cold sores knows how unpleasant the condition can be. As there is no cure
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John Velarosa Professor Ingram D. Rogers 1106CSIA3014041 August 3rd 2011 The Stuxnet Virus The Stuxnet Virus Abstract: What diplomacy could not achieve‚ sanctions could not silent‚ and for which a military option was not viable‚ a cyber attack quietly accomplished. Kim Zetter an investigative reporter with Wired Magazine online calls Stuxnet‚ “a piece of software that would ultimately make history as the world’s first real cyberweapon.” (Zetter‚ 2011‚ sec. 1) In his article‚ Is “Stuxnet”
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The name “Yellow” is explained by jaundice that affect some patients with symptoms’ like yellow skin and yellow eyes(http://www.who.int/csr/disease/yellowfev/en/) The YF virus is the causative agent for Yellow fever and it belongs to the virus family Flaviviridae. Single stranded RNA (11kb) present in Flavi viruses .YF virus responsible for number of disease in humans‚ the symptoms may be mild illness to fatal conditions. Clinical symptoms are divided into two phase‚ the first phase (period of
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prolonged or direct close contact with sick or dead infected birds. Infected poultry shed avian flu virus in their mucous‚ saliva and feces. Human infections with avian influenza viruses occur when enough virus is inhaled or gets into a person’s mouth‚ nose or eyes.It happens when the virus is in the air (in droplets or dust)‚ and a person inhales it‚ or if an individual touches a surface that has the virus on it then touches their mouth‚ eyes or nose. Furthermore‚ rare human infections with some avian
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1.4. Overall Investigational Plan Around 3% of the population is infected with Hepatitis C virus genotype 1‚ which can cause serious infections. More than 15% of infected end up with chronic infection which can cause liver failure. All available treatment options for a patients involved interferon and ribavirin. In addition‚ there was no highly
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