viral disease
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Research problems linked to this topic
- A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) has had major impact in Europe during the last decade.
- Rhabdomyolysis is a recognized complication of several viral infections including influenza A and B, coxsackievirus, Epstein-Barr virus and HIV (1, 2).
- Plant viruses are prevalent in wild plants.
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is among the most common viruses in humans.
- Borna disease virus (BDV), the prototypic member of the family Bornaviridae within the order Mononegavirales, provides an important model for the investigation of viral persistence within the central nervous system (CNS) and of associated brain disorders.
- Blood-borne viral diseases represent one of the most potentially serious threats to healthcare workers & laboratory staff and since they can be asymptomatic for many years their true prevalence in medical staff have not been clearly determined.