- A
virus is a
submicroscopic infectious agent that
replicates only
inside the
living cells of an organism.
Viruses infect all life forms, from animals...
- The
human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two
species of
Lentivirus (a
subgroup of retrovirus) that
infect humans. Over time, they
cause acquired immunodeficiency...
- "infected" with a
computer virus, a
metaphor derived from
biological viruses.
Computer viruses generally require a host program. The
virus writes its own code...
- of taste.
Symptoms may
begin one to
fourteen days
after exposure to the
virus. At
least a
third of
people who are
infected do not
develop noticeable symptoms...
-
Influenza A
virus (Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae) or IAV is the only
species of the
genus Alphainfluenzavirus of the
virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It...
-
known as
avian flu or bird flu, is a
disease caused by the
influenza A
virus,
which primarily affects birds but can
sometimes affect mammals including...
-
Creating a
unified list of
computer viruses is
challenging due to
inconsistent naming conventions. To
combat computer viruses and
other malicious software,...
- double-stranded DNA
virus and is also
called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4). Epstein–Barr
virus (EBV) is the
first identified oncogenic virus, or a
virus that can cause...
-
Smallpox was an
infectious disease caused by
variola virus (often
called smallpox virus),
which belongs to the
genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally...
- The
measles virus (MV), with
scientific name
Morbillivirus hominis, is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped, non-segmented RNA
virus of the genus...
