Flashcards: Viral diseases

Pogosta disease is a viral disease, established to be identical with other diseases, Karelian fever and Ockelbo disease.

Encephalitis lethargica or von Economo disease is an atypical form of encephalitis.

Infectious mononucleosis (IM), also known as mono, or glandular fever, is an infection commonly caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV).

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease that is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia.

Encephalitis is a sudden onset inflammation of the brain.

Foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease (Aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids.

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which affects the liver.

Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus.

Upper respiratory tract infections (URI or URTI) are illnesses caused by an acute infection which involves the upper respiratory tract including the nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx.

Yellow fever is an acute viral disease.

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), also known as camel flu, is a viral respiratory infection caused by the MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria.

Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease and simply Zika) is an infectious disease caused by the Zika virus.

Marburg virus disease (MVD; formerly Marburg hemorrhagic fever) is a severe illness of humans and non-human primates caused by either of the two marburgviruses, Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV).

Genital warts are symptoms of a contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by some types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver.

Herpes labialis, also called cold sores among other names, is a type of herpes simplex occurring on the lip, i.

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral disease that can cause mild to severe symptoms.

Shingles, also known as zoster, herpes zoster, or zona, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters involving a limited area.

A wart is a small, rough growth resembling a cauliflower or a solid blister.

Adenovirus infections most commonly cause illness of the respiratory system; however, depending on the infecting serotype, they may also cause various other illnesses and presentations.

Herpes simplex (Greek: ἕρπης herpēs, "creeping" or "latent") is a viral disease caused by the herpes simplex virus.

(For other uses of the word mumps, see Mumps (disambiguation).) Mumps, also known as epidemic parotitis, is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus.

Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus.

Meningoencephalitis (/mɪˌnɪŋɡoʊɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtᵻs, -ˌnɪndʒoʊ-, -ən-, -ˌkɛ-/; from Greek: meninges- membranes; enkephalos brain; and -itis inflammation) is a medical condition that simultaneously resembles both meningitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the meninges, and encephalitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the brain.

Molluscum contagiosum (MC), sometimes called water warts, is a viral infection of the skin and occasionally of the mucous membranes.

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system.

The viral hemorrhagic (or haemorrhagic) fevers (VHFs) are a diverse group of animal and human illnesses in which fever and hemorrhage are caused by a viral infection.

Rotavirus enteritis is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children.

A herpetic whitlow is a lesion (whitlow) on a finger or thumb caused by the herpes simplex virus.

Rotavirus vaccine is a vaccine used to protect against rotavirus infections.

Erythema infectiosum or fifth disease is one of several possible manifestations of infection by parvovirus B19.

Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), also called HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy (HAM) or HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a medical condition that causes weakness, muscle spasms, and sensory disturbance by Human T-lymphotropic virus resulting in paraparesis, weakness of the legs.

Ross River Fever is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with the Ross River virus.

Neonatal infections are infections of the neonate (newborn) during the neonatal period or first four weeks after birth.