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I’ve started to see more mosquitoes around town and it’s time to recall the two issues that we need to attend to mosquito bit prevention: West Nile Virus and Chikungunya Virus West Nile Virus is an infection we seen now every summer her in Phoenix. It is an uncommon viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes and …
A new blood test has been developed at Harvard Medical School that will tell you a list of all of the viral infections you have had in the past, among the several thousands of possibilities. This means we will know every type of common cold virus (there are approximately 200 of those), as well as …
HIV is a tricky virus. It uses a variety of mechanisms to avoid identification and elimination by the immune system, while at the same time destroying the immune system directly and preferentially. This is a world different from say the POLIO VIRUS, which attacks the intestinal lining cells, then the nerve cells, sparing the …