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bird flu, H5N8

H5N8 virus mainly affects poultry. Highly pathogenic H5N8 was first detected in Asia in early 2014, ...

Ukraine has several nuclear sites Nuclear power plants - Rivne, Khmelnitsky, South Ukraine, a ...

Respiratory illnesses can be caused by many different viruses, including adenovirus, rhinovirus, res ...

bird

Bird flu (avian influenza) is a group of influenza A viruses that usually occur in birds. Some of th ...

OROV; Oropouche virus disease; Oropouche fever

Oropouche is caused by the Oropouche virus, transmitted to humans mainly through the bite of certain ...

On this page Iran's nuclear sites Websites for more information ...

coronavirus

Towards the end of December 2019, authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, announced a cluster o ...

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the northeast coast of th ...

Nipah, henipavirus

Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans from animals, such as bats or pigs. It is a ...

Plague is a potentially severe infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is predominantl ...

Mpox is a viral illness, mostly spread through close contact with an infected person. It is caused b ...

bird flu, H7N9

In March 2013, Chinese authorities announced that three people had been infected with a new flu viru ...

undiagnosed

International SOS monitors reports of clusters of illness where a cause is yet to be identified. The ...

Marburg virus disease

Marburg is a rare but potentially deadly viral disease found in Africa, primarily carried by cave-dw ...

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Chikungunya is a viral disease that occurs mainly in tropical and sub-tropical countries. It is tran ...

Flu

Seasonal influenza, or flu, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by various strains o ...

pig, swine, H3N2 variant, H3N2v, H1N1v, H1N2v

There are multiple "variant" swine flu strains. Variant strains can occur when genetic material is e ...

EVD, Ebolavirus, Orthoebolavirus, Bundibugyo, Tai Forest, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Zaire, Reston, Bombali

What is Ebola? Ebola is a potentially severe illness, killing an average of half of those it infects ...

Zikavirus, ZIKV,

Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to a group of viruses called "flaviviruses", which includes dengue and Wes ...