A VISION ON VIRUSES
Basics on Viruses
- Viruses are not living organisms
- Viruses are very small
- All viruses are parasites of cells
- Infect bacterial cells only
- cause disease in plants, animmals, and bacteria
- can't reproduce on their own
- reproduce through other cells
- no cellular structures
Differently Shaped Viruses
Insides on a Viral Disease
Chickenpox
- otherwise known as varicella
- symptoms: itchy, blister like rash on the skin spread around body as dots
- very contagious
- spreads trough contact between people (sneezing, coughing, touching, breathing, etc.)
- rarely fatal, more severe in adult men
- treatments: prescribed medicines, self treatment includes over the counter medicines such as Tylenol and Benadryl
- way to avoid getting affected is to get vaccinated early and avoid those who have chickenpox