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Brontok. Brontok is a computer worm [1] running on Microsoft Windows. It is able to disperse by e-mail. Variants include: The most affected countries were Russia, Vietnam and Brazil, followed by Spain, Mexico, Iran, Azerbaijan, India and the Philippines. [2]
The good news is that the vast majority of people who are infected by West Nile or EEE never know it because they have no symptoms. Symptoms for both of the viruses, which can begin anywhere from ...
Arbovirus is an informal name for any virus that is transmitted by arthropod vectors. The term arbovirus is a portmanteau word (ar thropod- bo rne virus). [1] Tibovirus (ti ck- bo rne virus) is sometimes used to more specifically describe viruses transmitted by ticks, a superorder within the arthropods. [2] Arboviruses can affect both animals (including humans) and plants. [3] In humans ...
Orthomyxoviridae (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and μύξα (mýxa) 'mucus') [1] is a family of negative-sense RNA viruses. It includes seven genera: Alphainfluenzavirus, Betainfluenzavirus, Gammainfluenzavirus, Deltainfluenzavirus, Isavirus, Thogotovirus, and Quaranjavirus. The first four genera contain viruses that cause influenza in birds (see also avian influenza ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) [2] is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The virus previously had the provisional name 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), [4][5][6][7] and has also been called human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19 or hCoV-19). [8][9][10][11] First identified in the city of ...
21 cases of sloth fever have been reported in the U.S. Here are the symptoms to look out for and treatment options, according to an infectious disease doctor.
Adeno-associated virus spreads by co-infecting a cell with a helper virus. The first helper virus that was described as providing successful generation of new AAV particles, was the adenovirus, from which the AAV name originated.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), [a] also called human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract.