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1 day ago · The history of coronaviruses is an account of the discovery of the diseases caused by coronaviruses and the diseases they cause. It starts with the first report of a new type of upper-respiratory tract disease among chickens in North Dakota, U.S., in 1931. The causative agent was identified as a virus in 1933.
2 days ago · Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was discovered in 1956 from a laboratory chimpanzee with upper respiratory tract disease. When 14 chimpanzees were observed with cold-like symptoms, Morris and colleagues discovered a new virus they initially named the "chimpanzee coryza agent" (CCA).
1 day ago · Virology. Transmission. Diagnosis. Prevention. Treatment. Prognosis. Epidemiology. History. Society and culture. Special populations. Research. See also. References. External links. Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; [2] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [6] .
2 days ago · Influenza, commonly known as " the flu " or just " flu ", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue.
5 days ago · A bacteriophage ( / bækˈtɪərioʊfeɪdʒ / ), also known informally as a phage ( / ˈfeɪdʒ / ), is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. The term was derived from "bacteria" and the Greek φαγεῖν ( phagein ), meaning "to devour".
3 days ago · Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology, cell...
2 days ago · A prion / ˈpriːɒn / ⓘ is a misfolded protein that can induce misfolding of normal variants of the same protein and trigger cellular death. Prions cause prion diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) that are transmissible, fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals.
