{"id":35451,"date":"2024-07-28T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/?p=35451"},"modified":"2024-07-28T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:37:40","slug":"viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>Viruses are small germs( pathogens) that can infect you and make you sick. They can infect humans, plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. Each one infects only specific types of hosts.<\/div>\n<div>Viral infections in humans can cause no symptoms or make you extremely ill. Viruses aren\u2019t made up of cells , so they don\u2019t have alle the equipment that cell do to make more copies of themselves. Instead, they carry instructions with them and use a host cell\u2019s equipment to make more copies of the virus.<\/div>\n<div>What are some diseases caused by viruses?<\/div>\n<div>1. Respiratory illnesses<\/div>\n<div>2. Diarrhea and vomiting<\/div>\n<div>3. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs).<\/div>\n<div>4. Skin conditions<\/div>\n<div>5. The flu ( influenza)<\/div>\n<div>6. Corona<\/div>\n<div>7. Chickenpox<\/div>\n<div>8. Measles<\/div>\n<div>9. Rabies<\/div>\n<div>10. Hepatitis<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Virus features<\/div>\n<div>1.Are made up of genetic material ( RNA ir DNA) and a protective protein coating ( capsid)<\/div>\n<div>2.Are similar to parasites- they need a host to reproduce. They\u2019ll survive outside of a host until their capsid breaks down over time.<\/div>\n<div>3.Are 100 to 1000 times smaller than the cells in your body.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How do viruses get into your body?<\/div>\n<div>Viruses usually enter your body through your mucous membranes. These include your eyes, nose, mouth, reproductive organs. Some viruses get kn through a break in your skin or from a bite from a mosquito or tick.<\/div>\n<div>Are viruses living or nonliving?<\/div>\n<div>There\u2019s some debate over this. Generally, biologists don\u2019t consider viruses to be alive because they can\u2019t perform the functions that living organisms do. For instance, they can\u2019t convert food into energy, and they can\u2019t live or reproduce without a host cell.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Types of viruses;<\/div>\n<div>Experts group viruses into categories based on similar features, like size, shape and the types of genetic material they carry:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1.Hepatitis viruses<\/div>\n<div>2.HIV<\/div>\n<div>3.Influenza viruses<\/div>\n<div>4.Coronavirus<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viruses are small germs( pathogens) that can infect you and make you sick. They can infect humans, plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. Each one infects only specific types of hosts. Viral infections in humans can cause no symptoms or make &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":35452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-safety-directorate","category-news-activities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35453,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35451\/revisions\/35453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}