Introduction In 2016, a primary research paper related to viruses was published in the journal PLOSOne. The study was conducted by a group of researchers from Flinders University and the Research Division at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), both of which are located in Adelaide, South Australia....

Examples of Sources of Infection, Mode of Transmission, and Why Is This a Concern? Depending on its type, there are often several vectors by which a virus like West Nile virus (WNV) and the consequent West Nile fever (WNF) can be transmitted. Many of the emerging novel diseases in the...

The Zika virus is a virus spread by mosquitoes, and when a pregnant woman is infected, complications to the unborn child can occur, such as microcephaly and other defects. The virus became prominent in the west following an outbreak in 2016, resulting in the spread of the virus being considered...

Zika virus, first reported in Africa Uganda in the year 1947, is a mosquito-borne flavivirus. At this time it was reported in monkeys, and the first human case was reported in 1952 in Uganda and Tanzania (WHO, n.d.). The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes in the Aedes genus. In the...

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) poses a serious health threat to women. It has been shown to have a direct link to cervical cancer and other cancers of the reproductive and urinary tract (CDC, 2014). Most of the time, the immune system fights off the disease. It is a concern when the...