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Virus Particles To Susceptible Host Cells
3,760 wordsVirus is a infectious agent found in all life forms, humans, animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Viruses consist of genetic material, either deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid or as most people know them as DNA and RNA. They are surrounded by a protective coating of protein, called a capsid, with or without an outer lipid envelope. Viruses are between 20 and 100 times smaller than bacteria. Viruses are not considered free-living, since they cannot reproduce outside of a living cell; the...
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Isolation Of West Nile Virus From Mosquitoes
3,302 wordsThe West Nile Virus BACKGROUND AND DISTRIBUTION A West Nile (WN) virus was first isolated in 1937 from the peripheral blood of a woman in the West Nile province of Uganda in Central Africa. Since then, WN viruses have been reported from North Africa (Egypt, Israel), East, Central, and South Africa, Asia (India, Pakistan), Borneo, Europe (Cyprus, France, Romania) and, most recently, the northeastern USA. Tests for antibody to WN suggest it has also been present in Thailand, the Philippines, Malay...
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Model Of Immune Protection Against Ebola Virus
1,016 wordsTreatment for Ebola There is no cure for the Ebola virus, nor is there a vaccine for protection against it. Since vaccines must be specific to certain strains, it's not likely that a universal for all four vaccines will be produced. There are many factors could lead to an Ebola Epidemic... Here is a list of conditions that could contribute to such a disastrous event. - the presence of animal or insect vectors near a human population; - exposure of the virus to an individual in a remote setting, ...
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Hallmark Feature Of Ebola Virus Infection
1,616 wordsA virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having no independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of another host organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA, surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid layer surrounds it as well. The virus provides the genetic code for replication, and the host cell provides the necessary energy and raw materials. There are more than 200 viruses that are known to cause disease ...
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Ebola Virus
712 wordsEbola He opens his mouth and gasps into the bag, and the vomiting goes on endlessly. It will not stop, he keeps bringing up liquid, long after his stomach should have been empty. The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance known as vomit negro, or black vomit. The vomit is not really black; it is speckled liquid of two colors, black and red, a stew of tarry granules mixed with fresh red arterial blood. It is hemorrhage, and it smells like a slaughterhouse. The black vomit is loaded...
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Ebola Reston Virus Species
1,904 wordsEbola Hemorrhagic Fever In the world today, there are many known deadly viruses, but few present as great a threat as Ebola, the virus that causes Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. Key factors in understanding Ebola HF include: Its history, plan of attack, and the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The Ebola virus can, and usually does cause a disease called Ebola hemorrhagic fever, which is a Viral hemorrhagic fever. According to the proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety, the clini...
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Disease The Patient
491 wordsEncephalitis, literally meaning inflammation of the brain, is a viral disease caused by many viruses that cause the brain to swell. It can also be caused by exposure to harmful chemicals as well as a complication of another disease. The strains of this pathogen that are present in North America include western encephalitis, eastern encephalitis, La Crosse, and St. Louis encephalitis. These viruses infect all ages and sexes equally, however the fatality rate is much higher in infants and the elde...
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Most Common Cold Viruses
547 wordsCommon Cold The common cold is can be a result of over one hundred different types of viruses. Symptoms of the disease include nasal congestion and discharge, sore throat, and coughing. This infectious disease is difficult to treat, the cause of absenteeism in schools and industry, and may become more serious if not treated correctly. The common cold is difficult to treat because it can be caused by more than one hundred different viruses. Also, it contains symptoms identical to those of respira...
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Sexual Contact With An Infected Person
1,250 wordsSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES INTRODUCTION According to the Websters' dictionary, a sexually transmitted disease, or commonly termed STD, can be defined as any of various diseases transmitted by direct sexual contacted that include classic venereal diseases (as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid) and other diseases (as hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, , and AIDS) that are often or sometimes contracted by other sexual means (Internet 3). This lab report will be dealing with three specific types of STDs ...
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Sudan String Of The Ebola Virus
952 wordsI chose to do my report of the Ebola Virus because it is a very deadly, and its a virus that isnt publicized much in newspapers and televisions. So I think its a good choice. The Ebola virus is one of the worlds most deadly viruses, in all of its many forms. The purpose of this essay is to explain the history, signs and symptoms of the Ebola virus. Between the years 425 BC & 430 BC Athens population was dramatically reduced when about 300,000 of its inhabitants died from some sickness. People no...
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Incubation Period Of The Ebola Virus
1,005 wordsBy Ebony Ebola: Worldwide Annihilation? A movie, Outbreak, came out some years back and it put the threat of the Ebola virus smack dab in my face. Never, at that time, had I heard of a real-life present-day killer virus. Of course I learned about the Black Plague that occurred centuries ago killing masses of people. But in my day, no. Nothing outside of the common cold. It was horrifying. But this movie was fiction, right? The truth that it was based on is what this essay will focus on. This pap...
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Host Cell
761 wordsDisease- Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever- also known as: Green monkey fever It's going to be the next AIDS virus. There have been a few epidemics or outbreaks of this virus since it has been discovered. The first appearance of this deadly killer occurred in 1972 when a case surfaced in Tand ala, Zaire, although it was not fatal. First actual outbreak of the virus took place in 1976 on Yambukou, Zaire. This original strain is known as Ebola Zaire. A total of 328 people were infected and 280 of those peop...
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Hepatitis Virus
1,776 wordsHepatitis In modern society when a person gets sick with the flu or a cold they will usually go about their normal routine with the exception of a sneeze or a cough throughout the day. Sometimes things can be more than what they appear to be. The symptoms start out like the flu with coughing, fever, aches, and vomiting. However, the disease gradually worsens with symptoms of extreme weakness and abdominal pain. By then it is usually too late when the person finds out that their liver is failing ...
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Smallpox Virus
602 wordsSmallpox Smallpox was a disease that was caused by a virus. The virus spread when an uninfected person came in direct contact with a sick person and breathed in the virus. Usually, the virus was in tiny drops that were coughed up by the sick person. After about two weeks the infected person would develop a high fever and muscle aches and pains. After about three days of fever the person would break out in a rash all over his or her body. At first it looked like red spots, but these spots gradual...
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Typical In Patients With Primary Ebv Infection
2,053 wordsITI ON Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical syndrome that can be characterized by a multitude of symptoms. They include malaise, headache, fever, pharyngitis, pharyngeal lymphatic hyperplasia, lymphadenopathy, atypical lymphocytosis, and mild transient hepatitis. This disease occurs most often in adolescents and young adults. Mononucleosis is one of these diseases that are grouped into a class known as a viral infection; more specifically it is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is a ...
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Hsv 1 And 2
1,112 wordsI have infected 45 million Americans and will infect 1 million more Americans each year. Who am I? Herpes, from the ancient Greek meaning to creep or crawl, is the name of a family of viruses of which herpes simplex virus 1 and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are the most serious human pathogens. HSV-1 is normally associated with oro facial infections and encephalitis, whereas HSV-2 usually causes genital infections and can be transmitted from infected mothers to neonates. Both viruses ...
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22 Infected 1 60 Fatality Rate
378 wordsThe Ebola Virus Overview of the Virus Official Name: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever I. Initial SymptomsA. Sudden Fever. Weakness C. Muscle Pain D. Headache E. Sore Throat II. Secondary SymptomsA. Vomiting B. Diarrhea C. Rash D. Limited Kidney Function. Limited Liver Function. Internal and External Bleeding. Incubation A. 2 to 21 days. It remains in the male's reproductive fluids up to 7 weeks after recovery IV. Diagnosis and Therapy A. Blood tests can be done, but only in maximum containment condition...
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Bite Of The Infected Animal
646 wordsRabies Rabies is an infectious disease of animals which is a member of a group of viruses constituting the family Rhabdoviridae. The virus particle is covered ina fatty membrane, is bullet-shaped, 70 by 180 and contains a single helical strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA). Although rabies is usually spread among domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals, all warm-blooded animals are susceptible to infection. The virus is often present in the salivary glands of infected animals, referred to as rabi...
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Specific Treatment For West Nile Virus Infection
1,086 wordsWest Nile virus was first isolated from an adult woman in the West Nile District of Uganda in 1937. The ecology was characterized in Egypt in the 1950's. The virus became recognized as a cause of severe human meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the spinal cord and brain) in elderly patients during an outbreak in Israel in 1957. Equine disease was first noted in Egypt and France in the early 1960's. The first appearance of WN virus in North America in 1999, with encephalitis reported in humans a...
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Spreading Of The West Nile Virus
275 wordsThis entry explains the spreading of the West Nile virus. The number of viruses has grown since 1999, exceeding to over 700 infections so far this year. To take control and prevent yourself from mosquito bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention insist on getting rid of water where mosquitoes can use for breeding areas, wear long pants and shirts, and to wear any type of repellent containing the chemical DEET. The spread of West Nile will affect you if you do not apply mosquito repel...
