Virus Talk
Brief History on Viruses
A virus is defined in the Oxford dictionary as "an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host." Exposure, infection, transmission then an epidemic spread are the stages of a virus. While smallpox and rinderpest supposedly have been eradicated there are many other viruses that exist today; Marburg virus, Ebola virus, Rabies, HIV, HPV, Hepatitis, HSV, Hantavirus, Influenza, Swine flu, Dengue, Rotavirus, SARS-CoV- Corona Virus , SARS-CoV2-Corona Virus 2, MERS-CoV- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus, West Nile Virus, Human Bocavirus, Parvovirus 4, KI polyomavirus, Melaka Virus, WU Polyomavirus, Astrovirus MLB1, Bundibugyo Ebolavirus, Human Bocavirus 2, Human Cosaviruses A-D, Human Cosavirus E1, Astrovirus VA1, Klassevirus, Malaria, Yaws, Dracunculiasis, Poliomyelitis and Lujo Virus. Unlike infections that clear up and bacteria you can take an antibiotic for, they remain. They are permanent.