II. VIRAL DISEASES
MUMPS
- caused by a virus : Paramyxovirus.
MEASLES - rubeola virus.
CHICKEN POX - Varicella-zoster virus
POLIOMYELITIS - enterovirus
INFLUENZA (or FLU)
- influenza virus.
- Orthomyxoviridae.
COMMON COLD
- Rhinovirus (‘rhino’ means nose) which belongs to picornavirus group.
RABIES (Hydrophobia)
- Caused by RNA virus called Rabies virus.
- Vaccine against rabies was developed by Louis Pasteur
HEPATITIS
- viral infection of liver.
- Hepatitis A (epidemic jaundice): hepatitis A virus (HAV).
- Hepatitis B (Serum hepatitis) : hepatitis B virus (HBV)
DENGUE FEVER RNA containing dengue virus. It is transmitted by the bite of female tiger mosquito Aedesaegypti during day time.
YELLOW FEVER - Arbovirus. It is haemorrhagic disease transmitted by the infected Aedesaegypti.
MUMPS
- caused by a virus : Paramyxovirus.
MEASLES - rubeola virus.
CHICKEN POX - Varicella-zoster virus
POLIOMYELITIS - enterovirus
INFLUENZA (or FLU)
- influenza virus.
- Orthomyxoviridae.
COMMON COLD
- Rhinovirus (‘rhino’ means nose) which belongs to picornavirus group.
RABIES (Hydrophobia)
- Caused by RNA virus called Rabies virus.
- Vaccine against rabies was developed by Louis Pasteur
HEPATITIS
- viral infection of liver.
- Hepatitis A (epidemic jaundice): hepatitis A virus (HAV).
- Hepatitis B (Serum hepatitis) : hepatitis B virus (HBV)
DENGUE FEVER RNA containing dengue virus. It is transmitted by the bite of female tiger mosquito Aedesaegypti during day time.
YELLOW FEVER - Arbovirus. It is haemorrhagic disease transmitted by the infected Aedesaegypti.
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