Chickenpox is a thing that has affected many people in the past and even now in the present. It was discovered in the 1500s by a man named Giovanni Filippo who lived in Italy. Later on in the 1600s Richard Morton, an English physician, was...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, simply know as HIV, is a virus that infects the immune system cells that defend against viruses and converts them into viruses and reproduces theses same virus cells. With less immune system cells it becomes harder to stay in good health. The...
The Zika virus is spread through mosquitoes, more specifically Aedes mosquitoes. The name Zika came from the Zika forest in Uganda. The Zika virus was first discovered in 1947 in monkeys and apes, but the first human cases of Zika showed up in 1952 in...
Introduction On the dawn of 1967, an infected monkey imported from Uganda infected some German scientists in a lab with an unknown virus. Later discovered to be the Marburg virus, it has since instilled panic, terror, and death under its power. Formerly known as Marburg...
Introduction Measles virus is a highly contagious virus that is common in mainly young people but can be contracted by any person. It is not common in animals. The known origin of the measles virus is from the divergence from the rinderpest virus between the...
Predators, particularly fishes like Gambusia, Tilapia, Poeciellia and Aphanius dispar dispar. Even viruses can be used to kill mosquitoes. These viruses are beneficial because they are species-specific, non – toxic to humans and easy to distribute. Protozoans, microsporidia, Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria tenella, Lagenidium giganteum, and...
Introduction The Human Papilloma Virus, otherwise more commonly known as HPV, is the most widespread sexually transmitted disease in the United States. There are millions of new cases that are diagnosed annually. According to Medical News Today, “Each year, around 19,400 women and 12,100 men...
As we grow more advanced in this world we make new discoveries each and every day. Our medical research technologies have grown more advanced in the recent years and will continue to grow in the coming up years. One of the most researched and tested...
Introduction Rabies is a very interesting disease to research as it is such a complex virus. It is a zoonotic disease spread through bites or saliva of an infected animal. It is usually fatal as it does not show definitive signs of the infection until...
Introduction Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 are one of the most common and most contagious pathogens. the virus is transmitted through Mouth, respiratory system, Direct person-to-person contact, saliva, sexual contact. Primery infection usually apears in the form of labialis on skin or...
