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  2. Pathogen transmission - Wikipedia

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    Infections that are known to be transmissible by kissing or by other direct or indirect oral contact include all of the infections transmissible by droplet contact and (at least) all forms of herpes viruses, namely Cytomegalovirus infections herpes simplex virus (especially HSV-1) and infectious mononucleosis. [citation needed]

  3. Influenza - Wikipedia

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    Influenza A virus and influenza B virus circulate in humans and cause seasonal epidemics, and influenza C virus causes a mild infection, primarily in children. Influenza D virus can infect humans but is not known to cause illness. In humans, influenza viruses are primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing.

  4. Contagium vivum fluidum - Wikipedia

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    However, Beijerinck only used the phrase "contagium vivum fluidum" in the title of his paper, using the word "virus" throughout. Other scientists began to identify other diseases caused by infectious agents which could pass through a porcelain filter. These became known as "filterable viruses", and later just "viruses".

  5. Introduction to viruses - Wikipedia

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    Some viruses can cause lifelong or chronic infections where the viruses continue to reproduce in the body despite the host's defence mechanisms. [52] This is common in hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections. People chronically infected with a virus are known as carriers. They serve as important reservoirs of the virus. [53] [54]

  6. Outline of infectious disease concepts - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to concepts related to infectious diseases in humans.. Infection – transmission, entry/invasion after evading/overcoming defense, establishment, and replication of disease-causing microscopic organisms (pathogens) inside a host organism, and the reaction of host tissues to them and to the toxins they produce.

  7. Glossary of virology - Wikipedia

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    Often simply called an antiviral. A class of antimicrobial medication used specifically for treating diseases caused by viral infections rather than ones caused by bacteria or other infectious agents. Unlike most antibiotics, antivirals typically do not destroy their target viruses but instead inhibit their development. They are distinct from virucides. assembly The construction of the virus ...

  8. Body work: When does a virus grow so much that it gets ... - AOL

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    The most important aspect of a virus is not whether it’s technically new or simply a variant. It’s the danger that virus poses. Body work: When does a virus grow so much that it gets a new name?

  9. Virus - Wikipedia

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    Not all virus infections produce a protective immune response in this way. HIV evades the immune system by constantly changing the amino acid sequence of the proteins on the surface of the virion. This is known as "escape mutation" as the viral epitopes escape recognition by the host immune response.