After that the Marburg virus was called the Ebola Virus after a river that was near both breakouts. ... Now in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the Ebola Virus is defined as follows, Ebola Virus: an RNA virus (genus Filovirus of the family Filoviridae) of African origin that causes an often fatal hemorrhagic fever. ... After much research, the viruses are closely related, but distinct from, Marburg Viruses. ... The mortality rates in the known outbreaks have been 60 percent with Ebola/Sudan virus and 77 to 88 percent with Ebola/Zaire virus. ... Physically Ebola is going to hurt you, wheth...

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The monkeys infected four humans, but this strain of Ebola was found only to give humans flu-like symptoms (World Health Organization). ... "The virus can spread either through the air when someone who is infected is outside breathing in and out oxygen or by exposure to the contaminated blood of infected humans"(Oldstone 132). ... The Ebola virus is one of the more notably underestimated viruses of its kind. ... After the virus has been replicated, it then begins to give its host a heavy dosage of its capabilities, according to the World Health Organization (fact sheet pg. 1). ... If the pa...

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Even with years of research and advancement in the field of operating systems one would be lead to think that someone would have gotten the ease of use/functionality formula figured out by now. ... The best place to begin would be to define the two sides of the coin here, the virus and the ant-virus. ... The definition for an anti-virus would be a program that holds the ability to recognize, delete, or otherwise halt the spread of any computer virus. Even though defining these terms gives a basic grasp of the concept one is missing out on the dynamics of both through the inability to see ei...

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For example, if you have a cold sore and kiss someone, you can transfer the virus to his or her mouth. Similarly, if you have active genital herpes and have intercourse, you can give your partner genital herpes. Finally, if you have a cold sore and put your mouth on your partners" genitals (oral sex), you can give your partner genital herpes. ... The risk of catching herpes after a single sexual contact with an infected partner is not known, but the more contact you have with someone carrying genital herpes the greater your chances are. ... As you can see the herpes virus is nothing to pla...

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Biological viruses and computer viruses share some similarities. ... Then by giving that to someone else and then they run the program from the floppy, their computer has now become infected. ... Someone can also lose information that is irreplaceable." Computer viruses are undesirable, because most of them don't do any good to someone's computer. ... What was found other than Norton Anti-virus and McAfee's Anti-virus programs was a program called eTrust EZ Anti-virus. ...

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There are two herpes viruses. ... For example, if you have a cold sore and kiss someone, you can transfer the virus to his or her mouth. Similarly, if you have active genital herpes and have vaginal or anal intercourse, you can give your partner genital herpes. Finally, if you have a cold sore and put your mouth on your partners" genitals (oral sex), you can give your partner genital herpes. ... The risk of catching herpes after a single sexual contact with an infected partner is not known, but more frequent contact with someone carrying genital herpes results in a greater than 50 percent...

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This virus also affects humans by sometimes giving them encephalitis ("What you should know about West Nile Virus" 1). ... The only way the mosquito gets the virus is if the mosquito bites a bird who is carrying the West Nile virus ("West Nile Virus Symptoms, History, and prevention of the West Nile Virus" 1). ... If someone does get the worst case of the West Nile virus, this person could die. ... If someone has to come out during the night, they should keep it to a minimum considering the fact that mosquitoes like to come out more during the night ("West Nile Virus Encephalitis" 2). ... If s...

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The West Nile Virus has just recently been affecting the United States. ... A mosquito becomes infected by biting a bird that has the virus. ... The West Nile Virus is named after the West Nile region of Uganda where the virus was first isolated in 1937. ... The most likely reason for its presence here is that the virus was brought to America by a bird carrying the disease that was imported or an infected person returning from a country where the virus is common and then a mosquito biting that person and giving it to someone else. ... And if your immune system is better equipped than some...

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The name "AIDS" stands for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus." ... A way to determine how quickly someone might progress to AIDS is by determining their viral load, which is how much of the HIV virus is in the body, and the greater the quantity of the virus there is in the body, attacking against and destroying the T-cells, the quicker the T-cells will drop to the point where you contract AIDS. ... It is a sexually transmitted disease, which means that it most commonly transmitted through sexual exposure with someone who already has HIV/AIDS. ... So that is why you are at a greater risk of...

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There are several ways someone can get infected with AIDS having sexual relations with someone that is infected with this virus is one of them. ... HIV is not spread though sweat, saliva, tears, mosquito bites, coughing or sneezing, using household items or swimming in the same pool as someone who has this virus (AIDS InfoNet). For someone to get infected with AIDS, the virus has to pass the body's defenses including your skin and saliva; saliva can actually help kill HIV in your mouth. ... One of the ways someone can get infected with AIDS is by having sexual relations with someone w...

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HIV like all viruses replicates inside a host cell. ... The membranes of the cell and virus then fuse together. ... HIV is frequently spread among injection drug users by the sharing of needles or syringes contaminated with minute quantities of blood of someone infected with the virus. (3) Once the HIV virus enters the body, it infects a huge number of CD4+ cells and replicates rapidly. ... It is impossible for the immune system to destroy the virus. ... Avoid the behaviors that would give a person this virus. ...

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These microscopic predators are called viruses. ... The Ebola virus is a member of the negative stranded RNA viruses known as filoviruses. ... Someone who has contracted the virus will experience weakness, fever, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. ... Stay away from funeral or burial rituals that require direct contact with the body of someone who has died from Ebola. ... The Center for Disease and Control will send a team of medical scientists to the place where the outbreak happened to give help and to give advice to prevent more spread of the virus and additional cases. ...

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The ability for health care workers to recognize the virus is key. ... Someone who is infected can see symptoms in as little as 2 days or as many as 21 days (CDC 11). ... When someone is believed to have the virus they are immediately isolated and paid close attention to. The lack of a cure can cause major concerns for someone who contracts this disease though, because research shows there is little chance of survival. ... Giving people more knowledge about this disease and how they can stop it from spreading can help save lives in the long run. ...

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It results from infection with a virus called HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus infects key cells in the human body called CD4-positive (CD4+) T cells. ... In 1984, the responsible virus was identified and given a name. In 1986, it was renamed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... HIV is a type of virus called a retrovirus. ...

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Alas a slim 20% of those infected will eliminate the virus from their body on their own depending on the virus strand the contracted. ... Someone with HCV will have highly contagious blood and sharing blood related things is generally not recommended. The symptoms of the virus are not nearly as obvious as any other virus. ... To test if you have the virus, doctors would look at family history and give a blood test. ... Additional tests can also tell what strain of virus you got the strain will say how serious the type of virus you got. ...

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Revenge, in simple terms, is getting back at someone. In other words, revenge is the act of wronging someone that you believe has wronged you. ... The revenge virus is first found in Iago. ... Iago gives him that direction telling him the Moor is to blame for his plight. ... Cassio unwittingly does this, and gives Iago a new opportunity. ...

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In Africa, some time in the 1950's the first person transmitted HIV to someone else. ... If people understand that they could go to jail for giving the virus, then it is possible that people might try to be more careful, and engage in safer sex, and the use of clean needles and so on. ... It has to be understood that no rational person wants to give this disease to someone else. ... giving the virus to someone else. ... It all enters a gray area though when talking about proving that someone had that intent when they gave someone else the virus. ...

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Another example of the difficulty of researching the virus is that in order for the scientists to see which strains are the more infectious ones they must study someone who has only been infected for a few months. ... Our knowledge of the HIV virus grows everyday but so does the virus. ... Where did the HIV virus come from? ... HIV-1 is the most common form that infects people and gives them AIDS. ... It is in the interest of the virus to not kill the host because if the host dies the virus dies too. ...

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These may state (a) Its illegal to make a copy of a certain software and then give it away to another person/friend; (b) Software may not be used in a network or on multiple computers without a license to do so; and (c) Code may not be extracted from the software in order to create one of your own, to later be sold. Virus A virus is a program or programming code that replicates itself in order to cause damage to a computer system. ... Virus get into computers through email attachments or internet downloads. However, there are many options available to protect systems or networks, for example...

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One of the reasons the HIV virus spread so quickly was because of drug use. ... The bubonic plague hit rapidly, not giving people a chance to avoid it. ... But, it is easy now to tell if someone has it and it can be quickly treated. ... The problem with AIDS is there is no vaccine or cure for the virus yet. ... In the future, someone will find a cure for this virus and AIDS will be looked at as people now look at the bubonic plague. ...

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One way is by sharing a hypodermic needle with someone who is infected. ... That little droplet of infected blood is enough to give you HIV. ... A person can also get HIV from sharing other drug "works" with someone who is infected. ... Therefore it is impossible for a donor to get HIV from giving plasma or blood(HIV/AIDS 2). ... If someone is going to , then he or she should atleast use a latex condom. ...

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One way is by sharing a hypodermic needle with someone who is infected. ... That little droplet of infected blood is enough to give you HIV. ... A person can also get HIV from sharing other drug "works" with someone who is infected. ... Therefore it is impossible for a donor to get HIV from giving plasma or blood(HIV/AIDS 2). ... If someone is going to , then he or she should atleast use a latex condom. ...

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Preston begins his article by giving his readers a basic background of the virus and its symptoms. ... This interview with a figure of authority gives the reader a sense of confidence and belief in what Preston is about to present throughout the bulk of his article. ... By explaining more about the smallpox virus and viruses in general, Preston sheds light on how easily viruses propagate and how important it would be to control smallpox in some way if there ever is an outbreak. ... Preston's anecdote about the Russian's dealings with the virus gives the reader a sense of fear of ...

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Measles is so contagious that it is passed by casual contact and the host may give it to someone else before the symptoms occur. ... Although the measles vaccine was first legalized and given in 1963 with gamma globulin, it was first perfected in 1965 by which time a single shot could give life long immunity. ... The measles virus is present in the mucus and saliva droplets from the nose and mouth; the virus is commonly spread by coughing and sneezing. ... Although there was great progress made in the 50's and 60's against viruses, now almost 40 years later we still have vir...

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