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VIRUS TEST KIT (20 vials)
(Test Kit VI)

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Viruses
The smallest known type of infective agent. Outside of living cells viruses are inert. They invade living cells, take them over and make copies of themselves. Not susceptible to antibiotics.

Code	Virus	Possible Symtoms & Effects	Comments
VI1	Coxsackie	tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, childhood pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infection, greyish ulcers of soft palate and fauces, Bornholm disease, fever, hand foot and mouth disease, flaccid paralysis, viral meningitis	24 group A and 6 group B
VI2	Cytomegalovirus (CMV)	tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis, hepatitis
VI3	Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)	infectious mononucleosis, tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, glandular fever, encephalitis, hepatitis, implicated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphomas, viral meningitis
VI4	Hepatitis A (HAV)	acute hepatitis	particularly prevalent in developing countries. In developed nations 20% of young adults show serological evidence of past infection
VI5	Hepatitis B (HBV)	acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer	0.1% of UK population estimated to be carriers
VI6	Hepatitis C (HCV)	acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer
VI7	Herpes Simplex Type 1 (HSV)	tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, cold sores, whitlows, encephalitis, oral and genital ulcers (cold sores)
VI8	Herpes Simplex Type 2 (HSV)	genital ulcers
VI9	Herpes Zoster	shingles
VI10	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)	tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis
VI11	Influenza	Influenza	Singapore A, Sichnan A, Beijing A, Shangdong A, Panama B, Yamagata B strains in this vial
VI12	Measles Virus	fever and running nose, cough followed by rash, viral meningitis
VI13	Mumps Virus	headache, sore throat and fever with enlarged salivary glands
VI14	Papilloma Human Virus (HPV)	warts, implicated in cancer of the cervix
VI15	Polio Virus	poliomyelitis	3 types. Type 1 most virulent
VI16	Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV)	croup, common cold, childhood pneumonia
VI17	Rubella Virus(German Measles)	German measles, rash
VI18	Smallpox Virus	smallpox, influenza-type illness, pus-filled blisters	it is believed that no reservoirs of this virus are now left outside of laboratories
VI19	Varicella Zoster	chickenpox
VI20	Yellow Fever Virus	hepatitis	occurs in tropical areas of Africa and South America

References:
B. K. Mandal et al Infectious Diseases
G.O. Cowan & B.J. Heap Clinical Tropical Medicine
D J Weatherall et al Oxford Textbook of Medicine Volume 1
BMA Complete Family Health Encyclopaedia
P. Cox & P. Brusseau Secret Ingredients

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