Marburg virus

Logic bombs fall under the same category as Trojan horses and viruses. They set themselves off when a user unknowingly types in a certain code. They are often used to permanently delete large amounts of important data. Criminals put malicious software onto computers through “spam” (Seigel, 2014, 540). Spam is often in the form of an advertisement that randomly appear in people’s Internet browsers or emails. Once a user clicks on them, their computer becomes encrypted with the infected code, thus…

Richard Preston really wrote this book to keep the reader anxious the entire time. Each individual that he interviewed was well aware of how severe of constant concern of transmission from the virus. I found myself shuttering with chills when people would recollect their experiences with possibly contracting the virus by an accident exposure. When Preston wrote about Nancy Jaxx’s thoughts before entering the level four hot zone, they really resonated with…

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a viral infection that affects young children and infants, but may also affect adults. RSV belongs to the family of paramyxoviruses and is classified in the genus pneumoviruses. There are at least ten polypeptides of RSV that exist. RSV is an ssRNA, enveloped virus ranging in size from 120-300nm, its envelope contains two proteins and two glycoproteins, according to virology-online. It has two subtypes A and B with, it is believed that subtype A exhibits…

dormant until another time. A common example of this type of virus is the Varicella Zoster virus. This is the virus that causes chicken pox in children and young adults, but is also the culprit for shingles in elder adults. Varicella Virus has the ability to “hide out” from the body’s immune system until the time is right to strike. The Varicella Zoster Virus is a part of the Herpesvirdae family[1]. Characteristics of this class of virus are a primary infection…

passages in embryonated eggs and then in CEF cultures (Cho et al., 1979). Turkey and duck embryo cells, mammalian cell line derived from rabbit kidneys (RK-13), monkey kidneys (Vero) and baby grivet monkey kidney cells (BGM-70) were susceptible for virus growth besides chicken cells (Lukert and Saif,…

The Virus Change Are we to blame for the world of the unseen changing at an alarming rate? Throughout the last few decades, the world of viruses have changed. Some harmful viruses are spreading more faster and easier than they ever had before, and there have been some resurrections of some old viruses. The recent changes in the world of viruses are not a natural occurrence but brought on by humanity. One of the main reason for the changes in the virus worlds as we know it is the latest changes…

ZIKA VIRUS Zika virus is center of an ongoing pandemic and public health emergency with serious medical and economic consequences. (Plourde and Bloch, 2016). Zika virus belongs to the family of flavivirus which includes other mosquitoborn viruses like chikungunya virus, dengue virus, yellow fever virus and West Nile virus (Plourde and Bloch, 2016). Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito (Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus), other Aedes…

from the shingles virus for up to five years. There are only a few side effects of the shingles vaccine. They include soreness, swelling, redness in 33% of people who use the vaccine. Also, headaches in 1.4% of people who use the vaccine. Shingles, for the most part, isn't a very severe virus. It can be treated with simple care and no surgery. Most of the time the shingles virus will never come back after the first outbreak. Shingles comes from the chickenpox virus and is put inside…

On Wednesday, October 25, the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, decided to produce a new vaccine for shingles, a disease that occurs frequently in seniors. The CDC is a primer public health institute based in Atlanta. This new vaccine called Shingrix, was approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) a few days before the CDC decision was made. Shingrix was given recommendation over the only Shingles vaccine on the market over a decade, Zotavax. Insurance companies have…

1. Description of the Disease: West Nile virus (10 points) 2. What causes it? (WNV) is found by mosquito bites. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds Scientific Name: Flavivirus (5 points) 3. Where is it found? All 48 lower states. not reported cases are Alaska and Hawaii. commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia (10 points) 4. How is it spread? Arthropod-borne virus. West Nile virus has been spread through blood transfusions, organ…