Viral diseases

Viral diseases: Introduction

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

• Many viral infections result in fever and body aches or discomfort.
• Lethargy
• Malaise
• more symptoms...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Viral diseases

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Viral diseases?

• Misdiagnosis of Viral diseases
• Failure to diagnose Viral diseases
• Hidden causes of Viral diseases (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Viral diseases

Causes of Viral diseases

• Viruses
• more causes...»

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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
• more treatments...»

See full list of 8 treatments for Viral diseases

News Archives for Viral diseases

Medical news articles related to Viral diseases include:

• Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill
• Global Testing Shows No Variation in Swine Flu Virus
• Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus
• Viral Infection Might Trigger High Blood Pressure
• Man Dies of Brain Inflammation Caused by Deer Tick Virus
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Viral diseases

Medical research articles related to Viral diseases include:

• Emergence and control of infectious diseases in China.
• Recent resurgence of mumps in the United States.
• Serologic response to inactivated poliovirus vaccine: a randomized clinical trial comparing 2 vaccination schedules in puerto rico
• Are saliva tests looking at hormone function - thyroid, cortisol, oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone reliable?
• Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and lymphoproliferative precursor diseases in US veterans with hepatitis C virus.
• more research...»

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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
• more preventions...»

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Viral diseases: Broader Related Topics

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

Types of Viral diseases

Types of Viral diseases

• Molluscum contagiosum
• HTLV
• HTLV-1
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Papillomavirus
• more types...»

See full list of 84 Types of Viral diseases

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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)