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  West Nile virus

  West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, ... > more
• Liver Disease
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  Hepatitis A

  Hepatitis A is an enterovirus transmitted by the orofecal route, such as contaminated food. It causes an acute form of hepatitis and does not have a chronic ... > more
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  Natural killer cell

  Natural killer cells (also known as NK cells, K cells, and killer cells) are a type of lymphocyte (a white blood cell) and a component of innate immune system. NK cells play a major role in the ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
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  Measles

  Measles, also known as rubeola, is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Morbillivirus. In 1954, the virus causing the disease was isolated, and licensed vaccines to prevent the disease became ... > more
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  Infectious disease

  In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or ... > more
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  Trichomoniasis

  Trichomoniasis, sometimes referred to as "trich" or the ping pong disease, is a common sexually transmitted disease that affects 2 to 3 million Americans yearly. It is caused by a single-celled ... > more
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  Avian flu

  Avian flu (also "bird flu", "avian influenza", "bird influenza"), means "flu from viruses adapted to birds", but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets (such as H5N1 flu) or ... > more
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  Wart

  A wart is a generally small, rough growth, typically on hands and feet. Warts are common, and are caused by a viral infection, specifically by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Certain types of warts, ... > more
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  Vaccination

  Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. It ... > more
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  HPV vaccine

  Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine research focuses on the prevention of diseases, such as cervical cancer and genital warts, caused by sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses. Of the more than ... > more

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