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  2. Wasn't polio wiped out? Why it is still a problem in some ...

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    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 ...

  3. Smallpox virus retention debate - Wikipedia

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    Advocates of final destruction maintain that there is no longer any valid rationale for retaining the samples, which pose the hazard of escaping the laboratories, while opponents of destruction maintain that the samples may still be of value to scientific research, especially since variants of the smallpox virus may still exist in the natural ...

  4. Virus latency - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Viruses and bacteria have similarities, but the ways we ... - AOL

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    Unlike viruses, they are living organisms that can live and reproduce on their own. The vast majority of bacteria don’t hurt us, and many – like the ones that live in our gut and help digest ...

  6. Disease - Wikipedia

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    Some viruses also exhibit a dormant phase, called viral latency, in which the virus hides in the body in an inactive state. For example, varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox in the acute phase; after recovery from chickenpox, the virus may remain dormant in nerve cells for many years, and later cause herpes zoster (shingles). Acute disease

  7. These 4 lethal viruses could fuel the next pandemic, new ...

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    The original SARS. The world’s first confirmed coronavirus pandemic occurred in 2002, when SARS-CoV-1 was reported in China.It spread to more than two dozen countries in North and South America ...

  8. Globalization and disease - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. [40] As of May 2020, scientists believe that COVID-19, a zoonotic disease, is linked to the wet markets in China. [41] Epidemiologists have also warned of the virus's contagiousness. Specialists have declared that the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is still unknown.

  9. 'Tripledemic' viruses still spreading. What the science shows ...

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    She also said that if non-immunocompromised people feel well by day 11 but still test positive on an antigen test, “it is exceedingly unlikely” they’re still infectious.