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Viruses for Beginner Developer 🦠

Dengue virus :

  • Family Flaviviridae
  • genus Flavivirus
  • single-stranded RNA virus with 10,700 bases

Note : Flavivirus includes - yellow fever virus, West Nile virus, Zika virus

Nipah virus (NiV) :

  • zoonotic virus [animals to humans]

Note : Smallpox vaccine contains live vaccinia virus

Adeno Viruses :

  • airways cold symptoms sore throat, runny-nose, cough

We developer should always remember :

Methanol : toxic (even very small quantity)

  • Methanol oxidize to methanal in liver
  • Methanal reacts with cell components
  • it coagulates the protoplasm
  • Methanol affect optic nerve causing blindness also

Extra

  • Lysozyme - antibacterial tear & saliva
  • Eosinophils - wbc fungal and parasitic infections
  • Monocytes - wbc in immune system - destroy germs bacteria
  • Pulse - rhythmic contraction & relaxation in the aorta & main arteries

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