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| What is HIV/AIDS? HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)/AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is an infectious disease caused by a virus that progressively destroys |
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| Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Hepatitis B . Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis A . Hepatitis A virus (HAV) Disease . Virus . There are five known hepatitis viruses: |
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| H = Hemagglutinin and N = Neuraminidase
Hemagglutinin allows the virus to bind to host cells
Neuraminidase helps the virus to release itself from the highjacked cells in which it has reproduced
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| Dengue viruses are flaviviruses and include four serotypes 1,2,3 and 4 (Dengue The viruses are transmitted to man by the bite of infective mosquitoes, |
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| Influenza viruses change over time, requiring a different influenza vaccine Young children can shed virus for several days before their illness onset. |
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| A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite containing genetic The classification of viruses is based on the type of nucleic acid contained within |
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| Viruses cause polio, measles, aids, mumps, influenza, yellow fever, smallpox, What is a virus that contains RNA as its genetic information? retrovirus |
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| describe the importance of fusion protein for virus penetration and vaccination. This is antigenic fingerprinting, and, as with influenza viruses, |
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| Caused by the H1N1 type of influenza virus, similar to bird flu of today (mainly H5N1 and Highly pathogenic form caused by viruses of subtypes H5 and H7 |
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| Type A viruses are further divided based on the antigenic nature of their surface Avian Influenza viruses normally only infect birds and pigs. |
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