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The Virus Within Essays and Term Papers
Intro To Computer VirusThe computer virus is something that has been around almost as long as the Personal Computer (PC) and certainly since the advent of the affordable home computer, but what exactly is a virus? And how does it affect your PC? Is there any way to prevent your hard drive becoming infected and just ...
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Computer Viruses: Past, Present And FutureIn our health-conscious society, viruses of any type are an enemy. Computer
viruses are especially pernicious. They can and do strike any unprotected
computer system, with results that range from merely annoying to the disastrous,
time-consuming and expensive loss of software and data. And with ...
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AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or , is a recently recognized disease
entity. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which attacks selected cells in the immune system (see IMMUNITY) and produces
defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for ...
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The Ebola VirusA virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having
no independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of
another host organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either
RNA or DNA, surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a
lipid layer ...
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The Ebola VirusA virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having no
independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of another host
organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA,
surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid ...
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Ebola VirusEbola is a virus and part of the negative-stranded RNA family known as filovirus. It was discovered in 1976 in Africa and was named after a river in Zaire. When the virus is looked at under an electron microscope the filoviridae appear as being long, thin and occasionally they have 'branches' ...
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The Ebola VirusIn the year 1976, Ebola climbed out of its unknown hiding place,
and caused the death of 340 people. Fear gripped the victims faces, and
uncertainty tortured their minds. The people of Zaire waited outside
clinics, churches and in their homes for a treatment of the horrible
disease, but there was ...
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus And MutationsThe topic of this paper is the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV,
and whether or not mutations undergone by the virus allow it to survive in
the immune system. The cost of treating all persons with AIDS in 1993 in
the United States was $7.8 billion, and it is estimated that 20,000 new
cases of ...
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The Ebola Virus: One Deadly DiseaseIn the year 1976, Ebola have lurked from its unknown origin, and caused the death of 340 people. This virus had made the nation of Zaire in fear as it took away people's lives. The people of Zaire would wait outside clinics, churches and in their homes for a treatment of the horrible disease, but ...
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HepatitisTHE PRIORITY OF B VACCINATIONS IN CANADA
The increase in the number of children attending schools in Canada and the potential for transmission of viral infection in that environment is a problem of great size. A virus is defined as "a morbid principle, or a poisonous venom, especially one ...
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Ebola VirusThis topic was chosen because Ebola is a relentless killer. Ebola isn't publicized very much so it seems to be a wise topic to explore. This way
others may be informed of one of the world's most powerful viruses. The purpose of this paper is to further educate all those interested in the powerful ...
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Ebola VirusThis topic was chosen because Ebola is a relentless killer. Ebola isn't publicized very much so it seems to be a wise topic to explore. This way
others may be informed of one of the world's most powerful viruses. The purpose of this paper is to further educate all those interested in the powerful ...
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Ebola Virus 4Ebola virus, a member of the Filoviridae, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe, haemorrhagic fever. It was first associated with an outbreak of 318 cases and a case-fatality rate of 90% in Zaire and caused 150 deaths among 250 cases in Sudan. Smaller outbreaks continue to ...
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The AIDS VirusIn the world today, there are many seriously disruptive diseases. One such disease is a well known virus. This virus has caused many questions to be raised. It is called the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS for short. can be passed from person to person by sharing needles, by blood ...
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Ebola Virus In Depth ReportTwenty years ago Ebola virus first emerged in simultaneous outbreaks in Sudan and Zaire. Two following outbreaks have occurred, but transmission among human populations has not been sustained. Despite considerable progress in our understanding of Ebola we have not identified its natural reservoir ...
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How The Government May Have Created AIDSThe following is a complete verbatim transcription from a recent broadcast
of "Network 23", a program shown on a local Los Angeles Public Access Cable
Channel.
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Good evening, I'm Michel Kassett. This is Network 23. A ...
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RabiesPerhaps the best-known animal-borne disease, Rabies, or Rage is caused by a Rhabdovirus, a type of virus named for its rod like shape. It is also caused by a 멛yssavirus�. This group of viruses includes the Rabies virus traditionally associated with this disease, Australian bat lyssavirus, ...
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Basic Discription Of MicrobiologyThey뭨e out there! You can뭪 see them but they can see you. Right at this very moment they are living on and in your body, and there is nothing you can do about it!
This may sound like the beginning of a horror movie, but it isn뭪. It is actually a very basic description of a very broad ...
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AIDS History And TreatmentIn 1981 a man in Los Angeles was diagnosed as having a rare form of pneumonia, known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. He had a very low number of T-4 helper cells, and died soon after. The doctors were puzzled at the time, but they would later discover that this was one of the first cases of a ...
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AIDS - What's New ??
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Is the message getting through? We already know enough about AIDS to
prevent its spread, but ignorance, complacency, fear and bigotry continue
to stop many from taking adequate precautions.
We know enough about how the infection is transmitted to protect
ourselves from it ...
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