Viral Infections

Viral — scientific infographic poster

The Infections (21)

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Common Cold

The 200+ rhinoviruses and coronaviruses behind humanity's most frequent illness

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Influenza

The real flu: sudden fever, aches, and why it kills tens of thousands yearly

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RSV

Respiratory syncytial virus, hardest on infants and elders

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Chickenpox

Varicella's itchy rash, and the virus that never really leaves

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Shingles

The chickenpox virus reawakening decades later along a single nerve

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Herpes Simplex

Cold sores and genital herpes: lifelong, common, manageable

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Mononucleosis

Epstein–Barr's "kissing disease" and its months of fatigue

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HPV

The wart virus family, and the strains that cause cervical cancer

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HIV / AIDS

The immune-system virus, from transmission to modern treatment

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Hepatitis Overview

The five hepatitis viruses compared: A through E

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Hepatitis B

The blood-borne liver virus with a vaccine and a chronic form

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Hepatitis C

The once-incurable liver virus that new antivirals now cure

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Norovirus

The cruise-ship stomach bug: 24 brutal hours, wildly contagious

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Hand, Foot & Mouth

The daycare blister illness of toddlers

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Measles

The most contagious human virus, and its immune-amnesia aftermath

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Mumps

Swollen salivary glands, and the complications that made the vaccine

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Rubella

Mild for you, devastating for a first-trimester pregnancy

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Parvovirus B19

"Fifth disease" slapped cheeks in kids, joint pain in adults

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Mpox (Monkeypox)

The smallpox cousin behind recent global outbreaks

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Rabies

Nearly 100% fatal once symptoms start; 100% preventable before

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and their kin

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Viruses are not alive in the way bacteria are — they are genetic instructions in a protein shell, and they can only multiply by hijacking your own cells. That is why antibiotics do nothing against them, and why treatment usually means supporting the body while immunity does the work.

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