E-Lecture - Common Viral Diseases
Table 1 Major viral diseases of humans
| Disease | Vector | Attack | Mode of transmission | Prevention method |
| Common cold |
Human | Respiratory tract | Coughing, sneezing hand contaminated |
Self/social hygiene |
| Influenza | Duck/ human |
Respiratory tract | Coughing/sneezing | Self/social hygiene |
| Mumps | Human | Skin | Contact with infected saliva |
Vaccination |
| Chicken box |
Human | Skin | Contact with infected person |
Vaccination |
| Rabies | Dog / human |
Encephalomyelitis | Bite of infected animal | Vaccination |
| Polio | Human | CNS | Vaccination | |
| HIV/AIDS | Human | Immune | through blood to blood communication such as through sexual intercourse |
Example condom |
Viral diseases in plants
Viruses are seldom lethal to plants, but do severely affect the host both in quantity, quality and longevity. Symptoms may often be very characteristic for a specific virus on a specific host. Symptoms along with other criteria are used to identify virus diseases. An advanced array of symptoms can be recognized today as expressions of viral diseases in plants.
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