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A long list of all the virus families with their genuses and type species can be found in the Related Links section. If you click on one of the families or genuses or species, you will find more viruses for each family/genus.
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Is the flu and HIV caused by the same virus?
Not even close. They are completely different viruses with drastically different RNA sequences (that's like DNA but for viruses).
What are the signs and symptoms for a virus?
Because there can be so many different types of viruses, such as Ebola, influenza, hepatitis C, rhinovirus, and West Nile virus the symptoms can also be different. For example, West Nile virus has symptoms that include confusion, numbness, fever, and paralysis. The Ebola virus can present symptoms like high fever and bleeding from the eyes, ears, and nose as the disease progresses.
Why are computer viruses appropriately called viruses?
From Virus on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms.Computer viruses also spread all over your computer in a different manner. They get in your files, just like a real-life virus can get in all of your blood cells.So can you see the relation of why they're called viruses?
Name 3 types of virus?
can u be more specific, this is a list of some human diseases caused by viruses:AIDSBurkitt's lymphomachicken poxcoldsColorado tick feverdengueencephalitisfever blistersgenital wartsgastroenteritisgenital herpesGerman measleshepatitisinfluenzaleukemialiver cancermeaslesmononucleosismumpsoral herpespoliorabiesshinglessmallpoxvirus hemorrhagic feverwartsyellow fever .
What are the types of viruses?
They Are Allot Of Viruses Like The Cascade Virus That Makes All The Letters On The Computer Bundle In A untidy Pile It May Look Amusing but it is not if it is your file Or The Michelangalo Virus That Is Set To Attack Computers In March On Michelangalos Birthday Or Hallmark Sends An Email Subject Saying "Postcards from Hallmark" How To Resolve Halmark 1.Delete Without Reading 2.Shut Down Immedeatly 3.Call An IT Consultant 4.Wait For Him/her 5.Ask Him About Viruses 6.Ask Him To Fix Your Computer 7.If No Virus FALSE ALARM 8.If Fixed Pay Him/her Give Him/her A Cup Of Tea Or Coffee And They Should Leave 9.If No Virus " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " ""
What is the difference between active virus and latent virus?
A hidden virus is known in the words in its name "HIDDEN virus". It hides and stays inactive. The active virus is also known in its name too "ACTIVE virus". The two viruses have different ways on spreading it own kind throughout the host or hosts.
What are some different kinds of viruses?
Computer Viruses are classified according to their nature of infection and behavior. Different types of computer virus classification are given below.• Boot Sector Virus: A Boot Sector Virus infects the first sector of the hard drive, where the Master Boot Record (MBR) is stored. The Master Boot Record (MBR) stores the disk's primary partition table and to store bootstrapping instructions which are executed after the computer's BIOS passes execution to machine code. If a computer is infected with Boot Sector Virus, when the computer is turned on, the virus launches immediately and is loaded into memory, enabling it to control the computer.• File Deleting Viruses: A File Deleting Virus is designed to delete critical files which are the part of Operating System or data files.• Mass Mailer Viruses: Mass Mailer Viruses search e-mail programs like MS outlook for e-mail addresses which are stored in the address book and replicate by e-mailing themselves to the addresses stored in the address book of the e-mail program.• Macro viruses: Macro viruses are written by using the Macro programming languages like VBA, which is a feature of MS office package. A macro is a way to automate and simplify a task that you perform repeatedly in MS office suit (MS Excel, MS word etc). These macros are usually stored as part of the document or spreadsheet and can travel to other systems when these files are transferred to another computers.• Polymorphic Viruses: Polymorphic Viruses have the capability to change their appearance and change their code every time they infect a different system. This helps the Polymorphic Viruses to hide from anti-virus software.• Armored Viruses: Armored Viruses are type of viruses that are designed and written to make itself difficult to detect or analyze. An Armored Virus may also have the ability to protect itself from antivirus programs, making it more difficult to disinfect.• Stealth viruses: Stealth viruses have the capability to hide from operating system or anti-virus software by making changes to file sizes or directory structure. Stealth viruses are anti-heuristic nature which helps them to hide from heuristic detection.• Polymorphic Viruses: Polymorphic viruses change their form in order to avoid detection and disinfection by anti-virus applications. After the work, these types of viruses try to hide from the anti-virus application by encrypting parts of the virus itself. This is known as mutation.• Retrovirus: Retrovirus is another type virus which tries to attack and disable the anti-virus application running on the computer. A retrovirus can be considered anti-antivirus. Some Retroviruses attack the anti-virus application and stop it from running or some other destroys the virus definition database.• Multiple Characteristic viruses: Multiple Characteristic viruses has different characteristics of viruses and have different capabilities.
What kind of pathogen causes the flu?
Viruses cause flu. The swine flu virus is the Influenza Type A, Novel H1N1 virus (aka A-H1N1/09 virus). It is a sub-microscopic organism. Human Influenza refers to one of the three major types of flu viruses ( Influenza types A,B, and C) that are endemic to the human population. These are in the taxonomic family orthomyxoviridae.The specific serotype/subtype of influenza virus that caused the 2009 swine flu pandemic is A-H1N1/09. The following very specific virus has been most prevalent and was the one that has been used in the manufacture of the vaccines:A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virusViruses also cause the common cold, viral "stomach flu" gastroenteritis, and the seasonal flu that comes around each year, plus mumps, measles, herpes and many other common infections.Viruses aren't really alive like bacteria and other types of microorganisms, but they act alive since they can reproduce by using genetic material from the cells of the host.A-H1N1/09 is a new mutation of human virus, first seen in 2009, containing genetic material from different viruses combined : three types of pig flu viruses, one avian "bird" flu virus, and one human influenza virus. The novel nature of "evolved" or combined viruses (known as reassortants) make it unlikely an individual will have a natural immunity to it when it first mutates into being.Additional Note:Not all scientists classify a virus as a "microbe". Most of them do for lack of a better way to talk about them instead of "germ" or other less specific nomenclature. Unlike the other organisms called microbes, they are not living organisms. They are specialized groups of "cells" that perform functions working in an organized way, but they latch on to and break into a living host's cells and use the life, energy, and nutrients from the host in an almost parasitic way. The genetic material that they have stored inside themselves combines with that of the host's cells to cause the host cells to stop reproducing more cells like itself for the host. Instead the virus instructs them to start making duplicate viruses like the one that invaded the host instead.See the related questions below for more information about what caused the 2009 swine flu pandemic and what are the different types of microbes.
What does a virus cell look like?
Viruses are not cells and are not made of cells: they are small entities that reproduce inside of cells.Viruses have many different shapes and forms. They tend to resemble spirals, spheres, and various types of three-dimensional polygons.The internal structure of a virus is a strand of RNA surrounded by a protein shell.
What does HIV stand for and is it like all viruses?
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is different from other viruses because it uses the part of our body that fights disease to replicate. Over time, the body is then less able to fight infection.
How many viruses does Microsoft computers get?
Many the only ones I know of are just a small handfull of how many there could possibly be (torojan horse, some kind of weird name like Bot ___, and a few others) the closest number is 300
What is a Virology?
virology- is the study of viruses and some virus other viruses like agents,usually considered part of microbiologythe study of viruses.
