Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

A vesicular and bullous eruption having a tendency to recur in summer during childhood and commonly appearing on sun-exposed skin. The lesions are surrounded by an erythematous zone and resemble a ...

monkeypox

Health care; Diseases

A viral disease infecting primates and rodents. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to smallpox including fever; headache; cough; and a painful rash. It is caused by monkeypox virus and is ...

rinderpest

Health care; Diseases

A viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals caused by morbillivirus. It may be acute, subacute, or chronic with the major lesions characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the entire digestive ...

severe acute respiratory syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A viral disorder characterized by high fever, dry cough, shortness of breath (dyspnea) or breathing difficulties, and atypical pneumonia. A virus in the genus coronavirus is the suspected agent.

St. Louis encephalitis

Health care; Diseases

A viral encephalitis caused by the St. Louis encephalitis virus (encephalitis virus, ST.Louis), a flavivirus. It is transmitted to humans and other vertebrates primarily by mosquitoes of the genus ...

infectious ectromelia

Health care; Diseases

A viral infection of mice, causing edema and necrosis followed by limb loss.

California encephalitis

Health care; Diseases

A viral infection of the brain caused by serotypes of California encephalitis virus (California encephalitis virus) transmitted to humans by the mosquito aedes triseriatus. The majority of cases are ...