Viral diseases

Introduction: Viral diseases

Viruses are a very common type of infectious disease. Many of the most common human diseases are viral. There are literally hundreds of types of viral conditions.

Viruses are the smallest life-form existing, since they are not even a single cell. It is almost like they are not alive at all. They are small strands of DNA-like cell material. A virus consists mostly of RNA and cannot survive without host cells.

Symptoms of Viral diseases

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Medical Textbooks Online about Viral diseases

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Viral diseases?

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• Failure to diagnose Viral diseases
• Underlying causes of Viral diseases (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Viral diseases

Causes of Viral diseases

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Treatments for Viral diseases

• Symptomatic treatment - many viruses require only treatment of their symptoms and self-resolve.
• Treatment depends greatly on the type of virus
• Antivirals
• Acyclovir
• Interferon

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Prevention of Viral diseases

Prevention information for Viral diseases has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Viral diseases.

• Immunization
• Vaccinations - see vaccine-preventable diseases
• Avoid exposure to viruses

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Types of Viral diseases

• Molluscum contagiosum
• HTLV
• HTLV-1
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Papillomavirus

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Article Excerpts about Viral diseases

Viruses are among the smallest microbes, much smaller even than bacteria. Viruses are not cells. They consist of one or more molecules of DNA or RNA, which contain the virus's genes surrounded by a protein coat. Viruses can be rod-shaped, sphere-shaped, or multisided. Some look like tadpoles. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)

Definitions of Viral diseases:

Any disease caused by a virus. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans - (Source - WordNet 2.1)