found in humans around ten thousand years ago. Smallpox is said to be one of the most catastrophic and deadly diseases to ever attack humanity because of its fatal and infectious symptoms. The chance of death of a patient with Smallpox was up to 30% in the past. A virus similar to smallpox has been found in animals, leading experts to believe that the disease was passed from humans to animals. Once this similar virus was passed from animals to humans, it mutated into a disease deadly to humans. Smallpox
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Disease in the News West Nile Virus Disease in the News – West Nile Virus The West Nile virus made its deadly debut in New York City September 27, 1999. The virus had never been seen in the Western Hemisphere of the United States. It is said to be usually found in Africa and Europe. When it made its debut, it was first believed to have been the St. Louis encephalitis. Experts at the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed the virus to be West Nile. Nearly twice
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treat it? Herpes zoster infection or shingles occur from the reemergence of the same virus that first caused chickenpox in the patient. The virus remains dormant in the body until later in life, when stress or illness triggers it to emerge. The following drugs are used to treat this infection: acyclovir (Zovirax), famciclovir (Famvir), and valacyclovir (Valtrex). 17. What is unusual about the origin of the popular drug Botox? The toxin in Botox is the same toxin produced by Clostridium Botulinum
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Can Norton antivirus detect worm’s virus? Fadi M.S Al-suhimat Recent Internet worm outbreaks have infected hundreds of thousands of Internet servers and user machines within minutes, causing billions of dollars in losses for businesses, governments, and service providers. The high stakes involved have inspired numerous research projects, through which industry and academic institutions are working to strengthen local-area and wide-area networked systems’ abilities to fend off cyber-attacks. To
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Mumps is the popular name for Parotitis. Mumps is a viral infection transmitted by and affecting only humans. It is spread through saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat. A person can only get the mumps from another person that coughs, sneezes, or just by simply talking to someone that already has the virus. Other factors include sharing personal items and touching unsanitary objects or surfaces. As one can infer, this virus can easily be spread amongst children daycare centers, schools
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Infectious Disease Infectious Disease The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a kind of sexually transmitted disease that may be passed on to anybody coming into contact with one that is infected of the same, through coming into contact with a blood that is infected by the HIV, or even through the act of breast-feeding, upon entering and attacking the immune system of a person. Although it takes a couple of years for HIV to be felt by a person, it is also source of another permanent, life-threatening
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Brianna Cole Mrs. Wicks Literature and Composition, Period 5 November 10, 2014 Ebola: Are We Ready Ebola is the Human races worse nightmare; a fast and indiscriminate killer that so far we cannot stop. The latest outbreak began when a 2-year-old boy fell ill on December 6, 2013 in Guinea. () Since then the virus have spread across Southern Africa and to other countries throughout the world. As of October 24, 2014 Ebola infected a total of 8 countries including; Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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Definition of virus "Computer viruses" is the term that defines the class of programs which illegally explore resources of systems. It is an executable code able to reproduce itself. Viruses are an area of pure programming, and, unlike other computer programs, carry intellectual functions on protection from being found and destroyed. They have to fight for survival in complex conditions of conflicting computer systems. Computer viruses have pervaded popular culture at least as successfully as
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Ebola outbreak came from Africa. The virus is carried by wild animals. You can get it from handling wild animals. Ebola has been found in small animals. Researchers in France have found the virus in rodents in Central African Republic. Previously the virus has been found in primates and humans, and scientists have been going through the rainforest to find evidence in the smaller mammals, so that they can find out where it came from and how it spread. The virus has been in the bats in Africa, because
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Purpose The AIDS and HIV virus is an extremely perilous disease that sees no race, no caste, no color, no gender, no nationality, no background and not even a specific age. It can affect anyone, at any time. AIDS stands for what is called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus makes the body's immune system to break down and become in effective in fighting illness and bacteria. Contrary to popular belief, a person does not just become affected with the AIDS virus immediately. AIDS is basically
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