How do Viruses Cause Different Diseases? "From Transient Infection to Chronic Disease"

Authors:

Raghavendra RMV*, Bala S, Sripada Pallavi T, Krishna Sowmya M, Ramanaiah CJ, Fatteh S, Krishnateja C, Hn R and Sateesh Babu A

Volume 2, Issue 6

Abstract

There are many types of viruses that cause a wide variety of viral diseases. Viruses evolve rapidly and hence the human virome changes constantly. The human virome is a part of our bodies and will not always cause harm. Many latent and asymptomatic viruses are present in the human body all the time. Viruses infect all life forms; Long long ago, only two polyomaviruses were known to infect humans. Now scientists identified several human polyomavirus serotypes, that are responsible in causing neurological or renal damage in immunosuppressed and AIDS patients to skin cancers. Most of these polyomaviruses infect a majority of people during childhood and are then silently carried until a weakened immune system and cause serious complications.

Keywords:

Virome; Polyomavirus; CDC; Cytopathic Effects (CPE); Lytic Infection; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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