What is Viral diseases?

What is Viral diseases?

• Viral diseases: Any disease that is caused by a virus.
• Viral diseases: Any disease caused by a virus.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Viral diseases: infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Viral diseases: Introduction

Types of Viral diseases:

Types of Viral diseases:

• Molluscum contagiosum
• HTLV
• HTLV-1
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Papillomavirus
• Herpesvirus
• Herpes
• Genital herpes
• Viral dysentery
• Categories of viruses by their structure:
  • RNA virus - where the virus is made out of RNA
  • DNA virus - where the virus is made out of DNA
  • Retrovirus - a subcategory of RNA virus that makes its own DNA within the infected cell
• Large category groups of viruses:
  • Herpesviruses
  • Arenavirus
  • Coronavirus
  • Enterovirus
• Common cold
• Flu
• Measles
• Rubella
• Chicken pox
• Mumps
• Polio
• Rabies
• Mononucleosis
• Ebola
• Respiratory syncytial virus
• Dengue fever
• Yellow fever
• Lassa fever
• Arenaviruses
• Bunyavirus
• Filovirus
• Flavivirus
• Hantavirus
• Rotavirus
• Viral meningitis
• West Nile fever
• Arbovirus
• Parainfluenza
• Chickenpox
• Smallpox
• Epstein-Barr virus
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever
• Cytomegalovirus
• Infant Cytomegalic virus
• Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
• Viral gastroenteritis
• Acute Appendicitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Chronic Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Chronic Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis X
• Cold sores
• Ocular Herpes
• Meningitis
• Encephalitis
• Shingles
• Pneumonia
• Encephalitis, California serogroup viral
• St. Louis encephalitis
• Rift Valley Fever
• Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease
• Hendra Virus
• Enteroviruses
• Astrovirus
• Adenoviruses
• Japanese encephalitis
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
• Roseola infantum
• Sandfly fever
• SARS
• Warts
• Cat scratch disease
• Slap-cheek syndrome
• Orf
• Pityriasis Rosea
• Lyssavirus
• more types...»

Broader types of Viral diseases:

• Microbes
• Non-genetic diseases
• Diseases contagious from surfaces
• more types...»

What causes Viral diseases?

Causes of Viral diseases: see causes of Viral diseases
Causes of Viral diseases: Unlike most bacteria, most viruses do cause disease because they invade living, normal cells, such as those in the human body. They then multiply and produce other viruses like themselves. Each virus is very particular about which cell it attacks. Various human viruses specifically attack particular cells in the body's organs, systems, or tissues, such as the liver, respiratory system, or blood cells. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)
Risk factors for Viral diseases: see risk factors for Viral diseases

What are the symptoms of Viral diseases?

Symptoms of Viral diseases: see symptoms of Viral diseases

Onset of Viral diseases: Viral infections are common among people of all ages but often seem to be concentrated in infants and children.

Viral diseases: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Viral diseases.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Viral diseases.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Viral diseases: see treatments for Viral diseases
Prevention of Viral diseases: see prevention of Viral diseases
Research for Viral diseases: see research for Viral diseases

Name and Aliases of Viral diseases

Main name of condition: Viral diseases

Virus

Viruses and viral disease, Viral infectious disease Source - Diseases Database

Virus infection, Viral infection
Source - WordNet 2.1

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