Deadly pig virus slips through US borders

Serotyping of Dengue Virus from Deadly Outbreaks of Pakistan

Dengue Dengue virus (DENV) belonging to the family Flaviviridae consists of 4 serotypes (DEN-1, 2, 3 & 4) causing severe illnesses like dengue fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS). Dengue fever has become an emerging disease in Pakistan during the past 5-7 years with an increase in the number of cases every year since 2006. The current study aimed at identi...

Ebola Virus: Another Challenge from the Deadly Viral Brigade.

Ebola viruses are the causative agents of a severe form of viral haemorrhagic fever in man, designated Ebola haemorrhagic fever, and are endemic in regions of central Africa. The recent west African outbreak of Ebolavirus has brought this filoviral infection again in limelight, Indian government has issued guidelines to various airports to screen travelers coming from Africa and middle east Haj...

Virology. Resurrected influenza virus yields secrets of deadly 1918 pandemic.

Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh: a deadly infectious disease.

During 2001-2011, multidisciplinary teams from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh(icddr,b) identified sporadic cases and 11 outbreaks of Nipah encephalitis. Three outbreaks were detected through sentinel surveillance; others were identified through event-based surveillance. A total of 196 cases...

Hepatitis is Deadly

احتمال ابتلای پرستاران به هپاتیت B بیش از احتمال ابتلای آنان به ویروس ایدز است. احتیاطات عمومی، واکسن هپاتیت B، و آگاهی از این بیماری، ابزارهائی هستند که شما احتیاج دارید تا خود را در مقابل تماس های شغلی محافظت نمایید.