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Adenovirus
-respiratory virus
-common cold
Hantaan virus (sin nombre)
-comes from Hanta river valley in Korea
-transmitted by mouse fecal material that becomes airborne
-No treatment (echmo machine)
Norwalk virus (noravirus)
-discovered in ohio
-common in daycare centers
-causes diarrhea and vomiting
-lasts 2-3 days
-very resistant to disinfectants
-happens a lot on cruise ships
-wash hands copiously with soap and water
Corona virus
-common cold
-causes cold in animals
-causes SARs
-very resistant
Filovirus- Ebola virus
-causes cells to become liquified
-hemmorhagic fever
-90% death mortality rate
-monkeys may be the reservoir
-can be transmitted person to person
Herpesvirus- Cytomegalovirus
-encephalitis
-respiratory problems
-birth defects
Herpesvirus- EpsteinBarr virus
-causes berketss lymphoma
-cause mono
Hepersvirus- Herpes simplex 1
we all have it in our nerve cells
Herpesvirus- Herpes simpex type 2
-no treatment
-can be caused by locations condomns do not cover
Herpesvirus- varicella zoster
-chicken pox
-shingles- occurs in adults that have had chicken pox
-can be breathed in or through contact
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
-warts
-all of us carry warts virus
-can be an STD
Coxsakie virus
-endocarditis
-also causes hand foot mouth disease (blisters) up to 12 years old
-transmittable amongst kids
Poliovirus
2 types
1. Sabum- attenuated virus. Give in muscle
2. Salk- killed
-first mutltiply in gut
-waterborne disease
Rhinovirus
common cold
Rotavirus
-common in daycare centers
-causes diarrhea
-oral fecal transmission
Poxvirus
small pox (there is also cow, camel and monkey pox)
HIVĀ
-HIV I
-HIV II
-retrovirus
-sex and blood transmission
-CCr5 mutation on this site seems to be immune to AIDs and bubonic plague
Rabies
vaccine= 5 shot series
Togavirus
Rubella- german measles
Easter equine encephalomyelitis
(Fungi) Candidial skin infection
Candida albicans
(fungi) Coccidioidomycosis
caused by Coccidioides immitis
(fungi) Cryptococcal
Cryptococcus neoformans
(fungi) Histoplasmosis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Author
veritas0908
ID
164737
Card Set
Virus, fungi
Description
viruses that cause human disease, fungal diseases
Updated
2012-08-02T03:11:58Z
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