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  2. Viral disease - Wikipedia

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    A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach to and enter susceptible cells. [ 1 ] Examples include the common cold , gastroenteritis , COVID-19 , the flu , and rabies .

  3. List of zoonotic diseases - Wikipedia

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    A new strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (excludes H1N1 swine flu, which is a human virus) [clarification needed] pigs close contact 2009–10; 2009 swine flu pandemic; Mexico. Taenia crassiceps infection Taenia crassiceps: wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes contact with soil contaminated with feces Tick-borne encephalitis

  4. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Under research [15] [16] Sin Nombre virus: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) No Heartland virus: Heartland virus disease No Helicobacter pylori: Helicobacter pylori infection No Escherichia coliO157:H7, O111 and O104:H4

  5. Potentially deadly zoonotic virus found in US, sparking ... - AOL

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    "The closest known henipavirus to Camp Hill virus that has caused disease in humans is Langya virus, which crossed from shrews to humans in China," the researcher said. ... Another cited example ...

  6. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  7. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    Zoonoses can be caused by a range of disease pathogens such as emergent viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites; of 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans, 61% were zoonotic. [11] Most human diseases originated in non-humans; however, only diseases that routinely involve non-human to human transmission, such as rabies, are considered direct ...

  8. Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study ...

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    The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees. And many experts believe the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic flowed from bats. But, as a new study shows, this ...

  9. Human virome - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Viruses in the human body may infect both human cells and other microbes such as bacteria (as with bacteriophages). [4] Some viruses cause disease, while others may be asymptomatic. Certain viruses are also integrated into the human genome as proviruses or endogenous viral elements. [1]