Antiviral drugs are any agents used to treat viral infections. Viruses are the leading cause of diseases and deaths in humans, animals, and plants. In humans, viral infections vary from...
Category: Virology
Monkeypox Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus belonging to the genus Orthopoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. Monkeypox typically presents clinically with fever,...
The causative agent of monkeypox is the monkeypox virus. It primarily occurs in the central and western parts of Africa, but recently, in 2022, there have been reports of outbreaks in other countries...
Hepatitis C virus, an RNA virus, belongs to the hepacivirus genus of the family Flaviviridae. It is the most important cause of parenteral non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH). Most patients with...
Structure of a Bacteriophage
Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) is a DNA virus that belongs to the α-herpesvirus family. It causes chickenpox as a primary infection and herpes zoster (shingles) if reactivation occurs later in...