Chickenpox
Chickenpox (varicella) is a highly contagious viral disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The main symptom is a blistering skin rash. In most cases, chickenpox is mild and self-limiting. A vaccine is available. Chickenpox (varicella) is ... [... more]
Better Health |
Charles Piddock
Outbreaks provides a fascinating introduction to the fight against infectious diseases, including scientists who discovered various viruses and bacteria. The text outlines how we have learned to fight nature's harmful strains and to use others to ... [... more]
Random House |
Nicola Griffith
Change or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony has lost ... [... more]
Random House |
Tadashi Kawashima
A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide-and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive. Waking ... [... more]
Random House |
How do you know if you have HIV?
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus which causes damage to the immune system. After several years, HIV infection can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), in which the immune system is no longer able to protect the body ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Lower risk
The virus is slow acting and for most people it will not cause serious illness or death. But some people get serious liver damage, and a few will develop liver cancer due to hepatitis C. Almost all people in Australia who have hepatitis C have ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
What are genital warts?
Genital warts are one of the most common infections that can be caught from sexual activity (sexually transmitted infections - STIs). They are caused by viruses called human papillomaviruses (HPV). More than 25% of sexually active young people ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Viewed under electron microscopy, the viruses show particles shaped like elongated filaments, ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
WHO / Smallpox
Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. Smallpox, which is believed to have originated over 3,000 years ago in India or Egypt, is one of the most devastating diseases known to ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Preguntas frecuentes sobre la gripe aviar
La gripe aviar es una enfermedad veterinaria contagiosa provocada por virus que normalmente sólo infectan a las aves y, con menor frecuencia, a los cerdos. Aunque los virus de la gripe aviar son muy específicos en cuanto a la especie que ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Positive PCR
Researchers in several countries are working towards developing fast and accurate laboratory diagnostic tests for the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). However, until standardized reagents for virus and antibodies detection are available and methods ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
O.T. Nelson
A killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children through the age of twelve. There is chaos everywhere, even in formely prosperous mid-America. Gangs and fierce armies of children begin to form almost immediately. It would be the same ... [... more]
Random House |
