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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. It is a facultative anaerobe that can infect humans and other animals.
Human Y. pestis infection takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious...
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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 adults and Herpes zoster (shingles) in adults and rarely in children.
Varicella-zoster virus...
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| Herpes zoster | |||
| Postherpetic neuralgia | |||
| 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), also known as poly-aromatic hydrocarbons or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, are potent atmospheric pollutants that consist of fused aromatic rings and do not contain heteroatoms or carry substituents....
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| x Marburg virus |
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Marburg virus was first noticed and described during small epidemics in the German cities Marburg and Frankfurt and the Yugoslavian capital Belgrade. Workers were accidentally exposed to tissues of infected grivets (Chlorocebus aethiops) at the city...
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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-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. Hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C in humans.
The hepatitis C virus belongs to the genus Hepacivirus a...
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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 |
Human rhinoviruses (from the Greek ῥίς, ῥινός (gen.) "nose") are the most common viral infective agents in humans and are the predominant cause of the common cold. Rhinovirus infection proliferates in temperatures between 33–35 °C (91–95 °F), and...
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| Pharyngitis | |||
| x Hantavirus |
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Viral hemorrhagic fever |
Hantaviruses are negative sense RNA viruses in the Bunyaviridae family. Humans may be infected with hantaviruses through rodent bites, urine, saliva or contact with rodent waste products. Some hantaviruses cause potentially fatal diseases in humans,...
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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 described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species...
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| x Prion |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
A prion /ˈpriːɒn/ is an infectious agent composed of protein in a misfolded form. This is in contrast to all other known infectious agents (virus/bacteria/fungus/parasite) which must contain nucleic acids (either DNA, RNA, or both). The word prion,...
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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), also known as Human herpes virus 1 and 2 (HHV-1 and -2), are two members of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, that infect humans. Both HSV-1 (which produces most cold sores) and HSV-2 (which...
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| Herpes simplex | |||
| Pharyngitis | |||
| Bell's palsy | |||
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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 (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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| Meningitis | |||
| 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 an RNA genome and a protein capsid. The genome is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome that is...
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| Viral meningitis | |||
| x JC virus | Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy |
The JC virus or John Cunningham 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 using the two initials of a patient with progressive...
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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 virus (SIV), also known as African Green Monkey virus, is a retrovirus able to infect at least 33 species of African primates. Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was...
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| x Vesicular stomatitis virus |
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Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV) (often still referred to as VSV) is a virus in the family Rhabdoviridae; the well-known Rabies virus belongs to the same family. VSIV can infect insects, cattle, horses and pigs. It has particular importance...
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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 the chikungunya and Igbo...
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| x Human respiratory syncytial virus |
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Pharyngitis |
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that causes respiratory tract infections. It is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections and hospital visits during infancy and childhood. A prophylactic medication (not a vaccine) exists...
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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. Gene therapy vectors using AAV can infect...
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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 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 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 revealed them to be separate viruses. It is a single...
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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 (RSV) 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...
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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 and 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) often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF) is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of...
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| x Genetic disorder | Atopy |
A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes, especially a condition that is present from before birth. Most genetic disorders are quite rare and affect one person in every several thousands or millions.
A genetic...
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| Motor neuron disease | |||
| Usher syndrome | |||
| Antisocial personality disorder | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | |||
| x Hygiene |
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Atopy |
Hygiene refers to the set of practices perceived by a community to be associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. While in modern medical sciences there is a set of standards of hygiene recommended for different situations, what...
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| x Pollution |
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Atopy |
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder of brain, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or...
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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 Norovirus |
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Gastroenteritis |
Norovirus (formerly Norwalk agent) is an RNA virus (taxonomic family Caliciviridae) that causes approximately 90% of epidemic nonbacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world, and may be responsible for 50% of all foodborne outbreaks of...
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| Viral Gastroenteritis | |||
| Dysentery | |||
| 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. Previously, it was thought that 10%...
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| Dysentery | |||
| x Botulinum toxin |
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Botulism |
Botulinum toxin is a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans and animals. When introduced intravenously in monkeys, type A (Botox...
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| x Atherosclerosis |
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Cerebral aneurysm |
Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation 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 (HTN) or high blood pressure, sometimes called arterial hypertension, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through...
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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 ( /ˌɛʃɨˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ/; commonly abbreviated E. coli) is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some...
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| Bacterial gastroenteritis | |||
| Urethritis | |||
| Urinary tract infection | |||
| Bartholin's cyst | |||
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| x Salmonella |
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Bacterial gastroenteritis |
Salmonella ( /ˌsælməˈnɛlə/) 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 grade in all directions (i.e. peritrichous)....
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| Paratyphoid fever | |||
| Typhoid fever | |||
| Salmonellosis | |||
| Gastroenteritis | |||
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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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| Gastroenteritis | |||
| Dysentery | |||
| x Salmonella enterica |
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Typhoid fever |
Salmonella enterica (formerly Salmonella choleraesuis) is a rod-shaped flagellated, facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, and a member of the genus Salmonella.
Most cases of salmonellosis are caused by food infected with S. enterica, which...
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| x Toxin | Parkinson's disease |
A toxin (from Ancient Greek: τοξικόν toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; man-made substances created by artificial processes are thus excluded. The term was first used by organic chemist Ludwig Brieger (1849...
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| Acute renal failure | |||
| Nephritis | |||
| x Borna disease virus | Borna disease | ||
| x Epstein-Barr virus |
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Infectious mononucleosis |
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), also called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family and is one of the most common viruses in humans. It is best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with particular...
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| Hepatitis | |||
| Pharyngitis | |||
| Tonsillitis | |||
| Bell's palsy | |||
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| x Vibrio cholerae |
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Cholera |
Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. Some strains of V. cholerae cause the disease cholera. V. cholerae is facultatively anaerobic and has a flagellum at one cell pole. V. cholerae was first isolated as the cause of cholera by...
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| x Renal tubular acidosis |
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Kidney stone |
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a medical condition that involves an accumulation of acid in the body due to a failure of the kidneys to appropriately acidify the urine. When blood is filtered by the kidney, the filtrate passes through the tubules...
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| x Dent's Disease |
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Kidney stone |
Dent's disease (or Dent disease) is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the proximal renal tubules of the kidney. It is one cause of Fanconi syndrome, and is characterized by tubular proteinuria, hypercalciuria, calcium...
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| x Medullary sponge kidney |
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Kidney stone |
Medullary sponge kidney (also known as Cacchi Ricci disease) is a congenital disorder of the kidneys characterized by cystic dilatation of the collecting tubules in one or both kidneys. In the general population, the frequency of medullary sponge...
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| x Autoimmunity |
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Addison's disease |
Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism in recognizing its own constituent parts as self, which allows an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune...
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| Ankylosing spondylitis | |||
| Antiphospholipid syndrome | |||
| Autoimmune hemolytic anemia | |||
| Autoimmune hepatitis | |||
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