Virusinfektion

Definitions of Virusinfektion
  1. noun
    a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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    AIDS
    a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
    Cholera
    an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
    Hepatitis, Leberentzündung
    inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
    Herpes
    viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
    Pfeifersches Drüsenfieber
    an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
    Aussatz, Lepra
    chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
    Hirnhautentzündung
    infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
    Mumps
    an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
    Kinderlähmung
    an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
    Tuberkulose
    infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
    Keuchhusten, Pseudokrupp
    a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
    Gelbfieber
    caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
    Gürtelrose
    eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
    Pest
    a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
    Typhus
    rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
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