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Howstuffworks "How Viruses Work"

Enlightening description of how human viruses grow and spread, with many related links.

McAfee Virus Information

Virus alerts, mailing list, and searchable descriptions of common viruses.

Virus Databases Online

A comprehensive index of viruses. Includes detailed descriptions on many viruses. It is also called The International Viral Database as approved by the International Committee on Taxonomy

HIV-Fighting Virus Yields Up Secrets

Germ keeps AIDS at bay by blocking HIV's access to cell

Virus Information Library - List of Viruses

Virus Library Search for a virus Search for viruses by name by entering either whole or part of the virus that you are searching for in the form below: Viruses by Type Jokes Malware

Howstuffworks "How Computer Viruses Work"

Multipart tutorial describes how computer viruses work.

Bird Flu Found to Sicken Cats

Finding raises worries about transmission to humans

Plant Viruses Online - Quick Introduction

MIRROR    Plant Viruses Online    Descriptions and Listsfrom the VIDE Database Welcome to Plant Viruses Online! The following push-buttonsnear the bottom of every page

The Truth About Computer E-Mail Viruses

the FACTS and TRUTH about so-called e-mail viruses and why they are hoaxes. IncludesThe Facts about Computer "E-Mail Viruses" by Eric Gerlitz BOTTOM LINEis, the ACTUAL

West Nile Hits Western U.S. Hard, While Northeast Unscathed

More birds may be immune to virus, reducing threat to humans

Viruses con bacteria into working for them
Researchers have discovered that certain photosynthetic ocean bacteria need to beware of viruses bearing gifts. These viruses are really con artists carrying genetic material taken from their previous bacterial hosts that tricks the new host into using its own machinery to activate the genes, a process never before documented in any virus-bacteria relationship. The con occurs when a grifter ...

Canada says any research on lab-made bird flu must be done in top biosecurity
TORONTO - If Canadian scientists want to conduct research on H5N1 flu viruses modified to enhance their ability to spread, the work will have to be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.

Viruses That Con Bacteria With Helping Hand
Scientists studying ocean microorganisms have encountered something they have never seen before. A marine virus that cons certain photosynthetic bacteria into letting it come inside because it appears to offer a "helping hand" by bringing resources very like their own to help them acquire phosphorus, a nutrient they are desperately short of. Once inside, the virus uses the host's cellular ...

Scientists studying bird flu must have biosecurity: Canada
If Canadian scientists want to conduct research on H5N1 flu viruses modified to enhance their ability to spread, the work will have to be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.

Triple virus outbreak called 'unusual'
An unprecedented outbreak of three different viruses at the same time has closed the nursing home at Norfolk General Hospital to the public for the past week.[...]

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