viral disease
Pathogen-caused sickness spreading
A viral disease is an illness caused by a virus—an infectious agent that replicates inside living cells.
Common viral diseases include influenza, measles, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19.
Unlike bacterial infections, viral diseases generally cannot be treated with antibiotics, though antiviral medications exist for some: The doctor confirmed it was a viral disease, so antibiotics wouldn't help.
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- feverElevated body temperature
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- contagiousTransmissible between people
airborne transmission · outbreak · vaccination · epidemic control · common cold · stomach bug · cold and flu · super spreader · patient zero · rabies · immunization · hepatitis · pandemic · sickness · contamination · flu season · plague · flu
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, root rot, wilting, insect damage
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- crop diseasesblight, wilt, blast, root rot, downy mildew
- mushroom problemsgreen mold, brown rot, soft rot, fungus gnats, stem rot
- plant diseasesblight, wilt, rot, canker, root rot
- tree diseasescanker, root rot, blight, dieback, leaf spot
viral diseasebacterial infection
Illness from harmful microorganisms
fungal infection · fungal disease · parasitic infection · parasitic disease · prion disease
viral diseasegenetic disorder
Abnormality in inherited code
hereditary disease · autoimmune disease · congenital condition · degenerative disease · metabolic disorder
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