Figure 2-8. Action of bacteriophage on a bacteria cell.
EXANTHEMATOUS (ERRUPTIVE) DISEASES
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Smallpox (variola) Vaccinia (cowpox)
Rhinovirus and Respiratory Syncytial virus
Rubeolla (measles)
(common cold)
Rubella (German measles)
Influenza
Herpes simplex (fever blisters, genital lesions)
Parainfluenza (croup in children)
Viral pneumonias
Herpes Zoster (Varicella-Zoster) (shingles)
Adenoviruses
chickenpox Herpes Zoster
Acute respiratory infections, eye infections
Molluscum contagiosum (contagious warts)
DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS
ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL DISEASES
SYSTEM
Yellow fever
Rhabdovirus (Rabies) (hydrophobia)
Equine encephalitis (a form of
Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis)
sleeping sickness)
Mumps (epidemic parotitis) [sometimes classified
St. Louis encephalitis
as a respiratory disease]
Japanese B encephalitis
Russian spring-summer
The encephalitides (see arthropod-borne viral
encephalitis
diseases)
Sandfly fever
Dengue (breakbone fever)
Colorado tick fever
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever
MISCELLANEOUS VIRAL DISEASES
ENTEROVIRUSES
Hepatitis A and B
ECHO viruses
Cold-like ailments,
Epstein-Barr virus (Infectious mononucleosis)
Coxsackie viruses
certain muscle pains
Human T-cell Leukemia Virus (AIDS)
Table 2-4.
Common viral diseases.
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