Viruses General Introduction To VIRAL DISEASES Diagnosis Causative Agents Viruses General Introduction To VIRAL DISEASES Diagnosis Viruses Definition Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites which consist of a nucleic acid surrounded by one or more proteins. They can be active, metabolize and replicate only inside a living cell. Viruses Definition...
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Dengue Classical dengue fever Dengue haemorrhagic fever Diagnosis Signs and symptoms Treatment Dengue fever Dengue haemorrhagic fever Diagnosis Signs and symptoms Treatment Dengue viruses are arboviruses which infect humans and cause disease. Dengue viruses are arboviruses which infect humans and cause disease Dengue infection may be...
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Influenza, SARS and Whooping Cough Signs and Symptoms with Diagnosis and Treatment An acute contagious respiratory infection marked by headache, prostration, fevers, muscle aches, cough, and sore throat. The disease usually strikes during the winter. influenza virus A, Band C INFLUENZA It is caused by influenza virus A, Band C. INFLUENZA Characterized by...
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AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Transmission of HIV Clinical features and Course of HIV infection AIDS is an advanced stage of HIV infection with symptoms and opportunistic infections, with the CD4 cell count below 200 cells / IJL. Most AIDS patients are typical progressors and have a median survival time of 10...
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Bird Flu Bird flu or Avian Influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A influenza virus. There may be pneumonia, ARDS and multi-organ failure,Avian influenza A is caused by H5Nl, H7N3, H7N7 and H9N2 strains. The H5Nl virus causes severe disease in man resulting in death. Bird FluBird flu or Avian...
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Measles, Mumps Causative agents Diagnosis Clinical Signs and Symptoms With Treatment Measles Causative Virus Diagnosis Clinical Signs and Symptoms MEASLES Caused by myxoviruses – rubeola. Rubeola means red spots Characterized by : · Fever · URTI – coryza, cough · Typical rash Measles can cause high morbidity and mortality....
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RUBELLA OR GERMAN MEASLES and CHICKENPOX and SMALLPOX Causative agents Diagnosis Clinical Signs and Symptoms With Treatment RUBELLA OR GERMAN MEASLES RUBELLA OR GERMAN MEASLES Acute mild infection of children. There is low grade fever, lymphadenopathy, maculopapular rash, and arthritis in adults. In early pregnancy, rubella infection results in...
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Rabies Rabies is also called hydrophobia Incubation period is long Diagnosis Signs and symptoms with treatment Rabies is a preventable zoonotic disease . A fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by the rabies virus. The etiologic agents are neurotropic RNA viruses belonging to the Family Rhabdoviridae, Genus...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES Gram–Negative PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms INFECTIONS DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES Gram–Negative Losing the crystal violet stain and taking the color of the red counterstain in Gram’s method of staining, a primary characteristic of certain microorganisms Bacterial Infections Caused byGram–Negative...
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All about Bacterial Infections PLAGUE Caused by Gram–Negative Yersinia pestis SPECIES Gram–Negative Yersinia pestis SPECIES with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Any widespread contagious disease associated with a high death rate. An often fatal disease caused by Yersinia pestis; the natural hosts are ground squirrels, wild rodents and rats, and the vector is...
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