The term “hepatitis” refers to a family of diseases that result in liver inflammation and can be chronic and long-lasting. There are a few different types of hepatitis, all of which are viral diseases. These include Hepatitis A, B, and C. When the the liver is affected by these viruses, it
Hepatitis B is part of a group of viruses that affect the liver and also include Hepatitis A and Hepatitis C. According to the World Health Organizaiton (WHO Fact Sheet), approximately two billion people around the world have the disease and nearly 600,000 die from complications of Hepatitis B every
The disease of rabies is viral in form, causing a quick and severe infection of the central nervous system, leading to inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). Rabies affects animals that are warm-blooded, and is passed on from species-to-species. For example, if a rabies-infected dog were to bite a human, the
Yellow fever is an infection spread by mosquitoes. Many patients suffer jaundice, which is the yellow pigmentation of the skin; hence the name “yellow” fever. Yellow fever is responsible for 30 000 deaths annually, and approximately half of severely affected patients who do not receive treatment will die from yellow