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Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. [1] A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic viral infection. Latency is the phase in certain viruses' life cycles in which ...
Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. Until it is gone from the planet, the virus ...
Destroying the virus now is merely a symbolic act that would slow our progress and could even stop it completely, leaving the world vulnerable.... Destruction of the last securely stored viruses is an irrevocable action that should occur only when the global community has eliminated the threat of smallpox once and for all.
A child with smallpox.In 1980, the World Health Organization announced the global eradication of smallpox. It is the only human disease to be eradicated worldwide. Video recording of a set of presentations given in 2010 about humanity's efforts towards malaria eradication
Infectious disease experts remain vigilant for signs of next major outbreak
Here’s a question from a reader: What’s the difference between viruses and bacteria? Dr. James Prescribes Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many ...
The virus, which only infected humans, probably descended from the poxviruses of rodents. [5] Humans probably came into contact with these rodents, and some people became infected by the viruses they carried. When viruses cross this so-called "species barrier", their effects can be severe, [6] and humans may have had little natural resistance ...
Gamma phage, an example of virus particles (visualised by electron microscopy) Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses.It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, their interaction with host organism physiology and immunity, the diseases they ...