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| x Yersinia pestis |
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Bubonic plague |
Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a facultative anaerobe that can infect humans and other animals.
Human Y. pestis infection takes three main forms...
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| x Varicella zoster virus |
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Chickenpox |
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of eight herpes viruses known to infect humans (and other vertebrates). It commonly causes chicken-pox in children and both shingles and postherpetic neuralgia in adults.
Varicella-zoster virus is known by many...
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| Herpes zoster | |||
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| Bell's palsy | |||
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| x Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Chagas disease |
Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoid trypanosomes. This species causes the trypanosomiasis diseases in humans and animals in America. Transmission occurs when the reduviid bug deposits feces on the skin surface and subsequently...
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| Inflammatory heart disease | |||
| x Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
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Soot wart |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds that consist of fused aromatic rings and do not contain heteroatoms or carry substituents. PAHs occur in oil, coal, and tar deposits, and are produced as byproducts of fuel burning ...
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| x Marburg virus |
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Marburg virus or simply Marburg is the common name for the the genus of viruses Marburgvirus, which contains one species, Lake Victoria marburgvirus. The virus causes the disease Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever (MHF), also referred to as Marburg Virus...
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| x Hepatitis C virus |
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Hepatitis C |
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (55-65 nm in size), enveloped, positive sense single strand RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae. Although Hepatitis A virus, Hepatitis B virus, and Hepatitis C virus have similar names (because they all cause...
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| Glomerulonephritis | |||
| Lichen planus | |||
| Cirrhosis | |||
| Liver failure | |||
| x Staphylococcus |
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Impetigo |
Staphylococcus (from the Greek: σταφυλή, staphylē, "bunch of grapes" and κόκκος, kókkos, "granule") is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope they appear round (cocci), and form in grape-like clusters.
The Staphylococcus genus...
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| Blepharitis | |||
| Gastroenteritis | |||
| x Rhinovirus |
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Common cold |
Rhinovirus (from the Greek rhin- which means "nose") was a genus of the Picornaviridae family of viruses. It has been now merged into Enteroviruses, a group of Picornaviridae that includes Poliovirus, Coxsackie A virus, and Hepatitis A.
Rhinoviri...
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| x Hantavirus |
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Viral hemorrhagic fever |
Hantaviruses belong to the Bunyaviridae family of viruses. The Bunyaviridae family is divided into 5 genera: Orthobunyavirus, Nairovirus, Phlebovirus, Tospovirus, and Hantavirus. Like all members of this family, hantaviruses have genomes comprised...
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| x Plasmodium |
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Malaria |
Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was discovered in 1885 by Marchiafava and Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to...
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| x Prion |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
A prion (pronounced /ˈpriː.ɒn/ ( listen)) is an infectious agent that is composed primarily of protein. To date, all such agents that have been discovered propagate by transmitting a mis-folded protein state; the protein itself does not self...
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| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | |||
| x Herpes simplex virus |
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Non-gonococcal urethritis |
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are two species of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, which cause infections in humans. As with other herpesviridae, herpes simplex virus may produce life-long infections.
They are also called...
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| Herpes simplex | |||
| Pharyngitis | |||
| Bell's palsy | |||
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| x Avian leucosis virus |
Avian leukosis virus is a species of retrovirus that causes disease in chickens; experimentally it can infect other species of birds and mammals. Different forms of the disease exist, including lymphoblastic, erythroblastic, and osteopetrotic.
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| x Coxsackie A virus | Viral meningitis |
Coxsackie A virus is a cytolytic coxsackie virus of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus (a group containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses).
The most well known Coxsackie A disease is Hand, foot and mouth disease ...
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| x West Nile virus |
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Guillain-Barré syndrome |
West Nile virus (or WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses,...
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| x SV40 |
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SV40 is an abbreviation for Simian vacuolating virus 40 or Simian virus 40, a polyomavirus that is found in both monkeys and humans. Like other polyomaviruses, SV40 is a DNA virus that has the potential to cause tumors, but most often persists as a...
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| x Poliovirus |
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Poliomyelitis |
Poliovirus, the causative agent of poliomyelitis, is a human enterovirus and member of the family of Picornaviridae. Poliovirus is composed of a RNA genome and a protein capsid. The genome is single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome that is about...
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| Viral meningitis | |||
| x JC virus |
The JC virus (JCV) is a type of human polyomavirus (formerly known as papovavirus) and is genetically similar to BK virus and SV40. It was discovered in 1971 and named after the two initials of a patient with progressive multifocal...
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| x Reoviridae |
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Reoviridae is a family of viruses that can affect the gastrointestinal system (such as Rotavirus) and respiratory tract. Viruses in the family Reoviridae have genomes consisting of segmented, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). The name "Reoviridae" is...
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| x Herpesviridae |
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The Herpesviridae are a large family of DNA viruses that cause diseases in animals, including humans. The members of this family are also known as herpesviruses. The family name is derived from the Greek word herpein ("to creep"), referring to the...
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| x Coxsackie B4 virus |
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Coxsackie B4 virus is a virus which can trigger an autoimmune reaction which results in destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas, which is one of several different etiologies of diabetes mellitus.
An absolute deficiency of...
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| x Simian immunodeficiency virus |
Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) are retroviruses that are found in over 40 African primates.
Viruses from two of these primate species, SIVsmm in Sooty Mangabeys and SIVcpz in chimpanzees, are believed to have crossed the species barrier into...
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| x Vesicular stomatitis virus |
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Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a virus in the family Rhabdoviridae; the well-known Rabies virus belongs to the same family. VSV can infect insects and mammals. It has particular importance to farmers in certain regions of the world where it can...
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| x O'nyong'nyong virus |
The O'nyong'nyong virus or O'nyong-nyong virus is a virus first isolated by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda in 1959. It is a togavirus (family Togaviridae), genus Alphavirus and is closely related to Chikungunya and Igbo Ora...
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| x Rice dwarf virus |
Rice dwarf virus (RDV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Reoviridae.
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| x Human respiratory syncytial virus |
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Pharyngitis |
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes respiratory tract infections. It is the major cause of lower respiratory tract infection and hospital visits during infancy and childhood. There is no vaccine, and the only treatment is oxygen.
In...
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| Croup | |||
| x Influenzavirus C |
Influenzavirus C is a genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae, which includes those viruses which cause influenza. The only species in this genus is called "Influenza C virus".
Influenza C viruses are known to infect humans and pigs, giving them...
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| x Molluscum contagiosum virus |
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Molluscum contagiosum |
The Molluscum contagiosum virus or MCV is a species of virus in the poxvirus family, which causes the disease Molluscum contagiosum in humans. Virions have a complex structure and is consistent with the structure of the poxvirus family: an envelope,...
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| x Adeno-associated virus |
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small virus which infects humans and some other primate species. AAV is not currently known to cause disease and consequently the virus causes a very mild immune response. AAV can infect both dividing and non...
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| x Alpharetrovirus |
Alpharetrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family. It has type C morphology. Members can cause sarcomas, other tumors, and anaemia of wild and domestic birds and also affect rats.
Species include the Rous sarcoma virus, avian leukosis virus, and...
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| x Tobacco necrosis virus |
Tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) is a plant virus of the family Tombusviridae.
It is transmitted by the fungus Olpidium brassicae.
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| x Brome mosaic virus |
Brome mosaic virus (BMV) is a small (27 nm, 86S), positive-stranded, icosahedral RNA plant virus belonging to the family Bromoviridae of the alphavirus-like superfamily.
BMV commonly infects Bromus inermis (see Bromus) and other grasses, can be...
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| x Tomato spotted wilt virus |
The Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) is a type species of the Tospovirus genus which is a member of the Bunyaviridae family. TSWV is a plant virus that has a broad host range and can infect over 800 different plant species from 82 different families...
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| x Impatiens necrotic spot virus |
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Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Bunyaviridae. It was originally believed to be another strain of Tomato spotted wilt virus but genetic investigations reveleaed them to be separate viruses. It has a...
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| x Tobacco ringspot virus |
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Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the plant virus family Comoviridae. It is the type species of the Comoviridae Genus Nepovirus. Nepoviruses are be transmitted between plants by nematodes. TRSV is also easily transmitted...
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| x Tobacco streak virus |
Tobacco streak virus (TSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Bromoviridae.
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| x Drosophila C virus |
Drosophila C virus belongs to the genus Cripavirus and was previously thought to be a member of the virus family Picornaviridae; it has since been classified as belonging to the Dicistroviridae. It is a single stranded positive sense RNA virus of...
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| x Shope papilloma virus |
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The cottontail rabbit papilloma virus (CRPV) or Shope papilloma virus is a type I virus under the Baltimore scheme, possessing a nonsegmented dsDNA genome. It infects rabbits, causing keratinous carcinomas, typically on or near the animal’s head....
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| x Ross River virus |
Ross River virus (RRV) is a small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the South Pacific. It is responsible for a type of mosquito-borne non-lethal but debilitating tropical disease...
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| x Sin Nombre virus |
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The Sin Nombre virus (roughly translated as "the nameless virus" in Spanish) (SNV) is the prototypical etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS).
Its original name was "Four Corners virus" or "Navajo Flu", but the name was...
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| x Rous sarcoma virus |
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Rous sarcoma virus is a retrovirus and is the first oncovirus to have been described: it causes sarcoma in chickens.
As with all retroviruses, it reverse transcribes its RNA genome into cDNA before integration into the host DNA.
RSV was discovered...
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| x Tobacco rattle virus |
Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) is a plant pathogenic virus.
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| x Visna virus |
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Visna virus, (also known as Visna-Maedi virus, Maedi-Visna virus or ovine lentivirus) from the genus lentivirinae and subfamily Orthoretrovirinae, is a "prototype" retrovirus that causes encephalitis and chronic pneumonitis in sheep. It is known as...
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| x Heart failure |
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Myocardial infarction |
Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs. It should not be confused with cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction ...
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| x Genetic disorder | Atopy |
A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes. While some diseases, such as cancer, are due in part to a genetic disorders, they can also be caused by environmental factors. Most disorders are quite rare and affect...
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| Motor neuron disease | |||
| Usher syndrome | |||
| Antisocial personality disorder | |||
| x Hygiene |
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Atopy |
Hygiene refers to the set of practices associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. Hygiene is a concept related to medicine, as well as to personal and professional care practices related to most aspects of living, although it is...
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| x Pollution |
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Atopy |
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms . Pollution can take the form of chemical substances, or energy, such...
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| x Orthomyxoviridae |
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Influenza |
The Orthomyxoviridae (orthos, Greek for "straight"; myxa, Greek for "mucus") are a family of RNA viruses that includes five genera: Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B, Influenzavirus C, Isavirus and Thogotovirus. A sixth has recently been described....
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| Pharyngitis | |||
| x Norwalk virus group |
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Gastroenteritis |
Norovirus (formerly Norwalk virus) is an RNA virus (taxonomic family Caliciviridae) which causes approximately 90% of epidemic non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world, and may be responsible for 50% of all foodborne outbreaks of...
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| Infectious diarrhea | |||
| Viral Gastroenteritis | |||
| x Entamoeba histolytica |
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Amoebiasis |
Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. Predominantly infecting humans and other primates, E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. Many older textbooks state that 10%...
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| Infectious diarrhea | |||
| x Botulinum toxin |
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Botulism |
Botulinum toxin is a medication and a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is held to be the most toxic substance known to mankind with an LD50 of roughly 0.005-0.05 µg/kg. Despite its greatest known toxic effect,...
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| x Atherosclerosis |
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Cerebral aneurysm |
Atherosclerosis (also known as Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease or ASVD) is the condition in which an artery wall thickens as the result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol. It is a syndrome affecting arterial blood vessels, a...
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| Heart disease | |||
| Coronary heart disease | |||
| Myocardial Ischemia | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | |||
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| x Hypertension |
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Cerebral aneurysm |
Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure or shortened to HT, HTN or HPN. The word "hypertension", by itself, normally refers to systemic, arterial hypertension...
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| Heart failure | |||
| Atherosclerosis | |||
| Coronary Artery Disease | |||
| Presbycusis | |||
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| x Escherichia coli |
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Gastroenteritis |
Escherichia coli (commonly abbreviated E. coli; pronounced /ˌɛʃɪˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ/, /iː ~/, and named after its discoverer), is a Gram negative bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). Most E. coli...
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| Bacterial gastroenteritis | |||
| Infectious diarrhea | |||
| Urethritis | |||
| Urinary tract infection | |||
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| x Salmonella |
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Bacterial gastroenteritis |
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore forming, predominantly motile enterobacteria with diameters around 0.7 to 1.5 µm, lengths from 2 to 5 µm, and flagella which project in all directions (i.e. peritrichous). They are...
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| Paratyphoid fever | |||
| Typhoid fever | |||
| Salmonellosis | |||
| Infectious diarrhea | |||
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| x Clostridium |
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Bacterial gastroenteritis |
Clostridium is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the Firmicutes. They are obligate anaerobes capable of producing endospores. Individual cells are rod-shaped, which gives them their name, from the Greek kloster (κλωστήρ) or spindle....
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| Infectious diarrhea | |||
| Gastroenteritis | |||
| x Salmonella enterica |
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Typhoid fever |
Salmonella enterica (formerly Salmonella choleraesuis) is a rod shaped, flagellated, aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, and a member of the genus Salmonella.
S. enterica has an extraordinarily large number of serovars or strains—over 2000 have been...
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| x Head injury | Parkinson's disease |
Head injury refers to trauma to the head. This may or may not include injury to the brain. However, the terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in the medical literature.
The incidence (number of new cases) of...
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| Delayed sleep phase syndrome | |||
| Balance disorder | |||
| Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | |||
| x Toxin | Parkinson's disease |
A toxin (Greek: τοξικόν, toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms (although humans are technically living organisms, man-made substances created by artificial processes usually aren't considered toxins by this...
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| Acute renal failure | |||
| Nephritis | |||
| x Borna disease virus | Borna disease | ||
