Virus Essay

Zika has become popular in Alabama. Zika is a virus that has different modes of transmission. The most common mode of transmission is by Aedes species mosquito (Alabama Department of Public Health, 2018). Mosquitos are more common in Alabama during summer months and look for sites with water to lay eggs in and multiply. A mosquito will bite a person that is infected with Zika and spread the disease by biting another person. Zika is also spread by sex, mother to child, blood transfusion, and lab…

The fame that accompanies “The Hot Zone,” into it’s 23rd anniversary is not unjustified. Preston presents an eloquent history of the Ebola virus in a manner that is easy to follow and keeps the reader interested. Preston takes it upon himself, through thoughtful descriptions, to thrust the reader into the setting of his characters. From the silvery gray-green olive trees in the forests of Mount Elgon to the insufferable heat and stench of monkeys at the Reston monkey house, the reader has to…

building a case whether or not the Zika Virus is the leading cause of why infants are born with microcephaly. Microcephaly is a condition where the head circumference is smaller than normal size and can be caused by genetic mutations from use of drugs and alcohol or from certain virus and toxins that the fetus is exposed to and leads to damaging the developing brain tissue. A airborne virus is currently spreading through the Americas. It is carried by the stealth virus, most often borne on the…

The Influenza virus is a very common virus. Three to five million people are infected each year. There are 250,000 to 500,000 deaths from the influenza virus each year.(www.who.int) The most common people to get infected are: Pregnant women, young children or people with rather weak immune systems. There are so many side symptoms, that include: fever, headache, dry cough, sore throat, shaking chills, severe muscle or body aches, runny or stuffy nose and short term cases of fatigue. It also…

about how the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil is really just a big lie told by the World Health Organization (WHO). In January, there was a report that 4,000 cases of newly born babies had microcephaly and extremely small heads. After some Brazilian researchers went and took a look, only about 404 of those babies really had microcephaly. Then, after more research, only 17 of those cases were even related to the Zika virus. Because of this discovery, it is proven the Zika virus was not the…

can also be considered as a virus. The Agent of this disease/virus is The Rabies Virus or RV. This virus can be found in animals and in wild animals such as pets and animals in the wild. When you get bitten by an infected animal, this virus can go into your body and damage your brain and spinal cord. Causing some people death if the disease/virus is not removed. Usually, only some people can die from Rabies, but this is rarely and not often. Rabies is a deadly disease/virus found only in pets…

HIV (also known as the human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus which targets and attacks the immune system which in turn weakens your ability to fight infections and disease. If left untreated the HIV can lead to a disease called AIDS (which is known as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV affects the specific cells of the immune system which are called the CD4 cells and if left untreated, HIV can eliminate so many cells from the body and ultimately the body cannot fight off other…

The core of the hepatitis B virus is generally in the shape of an icosahedron. Within the virus, there are two strands of DNA, one smaller than the other, which is circular. HBV is around 42 nm in width, and the core is surrounded in a 4nm thick coat. They are enveloped, which means they are more susceptible to being destroyed, because the envelope is very thin. Viruses in general are very small, much smaller than bacteria, and HBV is no different. (Image:…

The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a virus that unlike many other viruses the body can not fight it off, once contaminated with the virus the person must live with the human immunodeficiency virus for the rest of their life. What HIV does is it kills off CD4 Cells or T Cells which are white blood cells that the immune system develops in order to helps the body fight off diseases, infections and other viruses. If the HIV virus is not treated, with time the virus kills so many T Cells…

Zika Virus is a disease that is being transmitted by mosquitos. The disease was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in anthropoids.Then, it was first identified in humans in 1952. Outbreak of the Zika Virus has been recorded in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. It was recorded in America in 2015. There were two cases that the Zika Virus was passed through sexual intercourse, and one case where Zika was found in semen of a human. There are multiple ways of prevention, treatment, and…