Rabies Virus Description and Classification Rabies virus is the virus that causes a disease called Rabies. The virus is named after the disease (Rabies). The classic type of rabies virus is the genotype 1 virus and occurs worldwide; there are other genotypes (2 to 7) which have specific distributions across different regions …
What is rabies? Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused a virus named after the disease called Rabies Virus (also called Lyssavirus). It is a deadly disease that causes progressive and inevitably fatal encephalitis. Cause of Rabies (Etiology of Rabies) Rabies virus (also known as Lyssavirus) is the cause of rabies. It is spread by …
Water resources are of the essentialnatural resources that are very useful in all aspects of human life, as potential resources, they can be renewed and recycled and stored over longer time. Water is used on a daily basis for different purposes such as for washing, cleaning, irrigation, swimming, cooling and manufacturing of goods …
Trypanosoma Cruzi is a member of a phylum, called Sarcomastigophora in taxonomy. It is a protozoan that causes a disease called Chagas Disease or American Trypanosomiasis (this disease is different in pathogenesis and epidemiology from African Trypanosomiasis). Trypanosoma Cruzi Epidemiology Trypanosoma Cruzi is found majorly in South America, Central America and some few regions in North America …
Chagas disease (also known as American Trypanosomiasis) is a disease caused by a protozoan known as Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease commonly affects the heart and digestive system tissues. Chagas disease first started in Latin America and it is very common in this region; it is a very common cause of heart failure in South …
What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes as organisms exist and would be considered as well as their differences at the cellular level (that is, the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells at the level of the cell). Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes organisms Prokaryotes …
Cysticercosis is a disease caused by the larvae of parasitic tapeworm called Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm) that leads to the formation of cyst in the organ it affects: when it affects the brain, it is called Neurocysticercosis or Cerebral cysticercosis and when it affects the eyes it is called Ocular Cysticercosis. Adult Taenia solium infection together with the one caused by Taenia saginata (Beef …
What is smallpox? Smallpox is a highly infectious disease caused by the smallpox virus known as Variola virus; this infection has a mortality rate of more than 30% – this means that if 100 people get infected, more than 30 will die of the disease. Smallpox has no treatment but there is an …