Global Health Dictionary

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Ebola
What is the Ebola virus? Ebola virus disease (EVD or Ebola) is an infectious disease caused by the Ebolavirus , a virus belonging to the Filoviridae family. Like Marburg fever, Lassa fever, hantavirus or dengue, Ebola can lead to viral haemorrhagic fever . These illnesses damage blood vessels and disrupt...
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  • iconos de persona con Equipo de Protección Personal, del Ebolavirus y de murciélagos

Ebola

What is the Ebola virus? Ebola virus disease (EVD or Ebola) is an infectious disease caused by the Ebolavirus, [...]

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  • Iconos cambio climático: oso polar en un bloque de hielo, tormentas, inundaciones, sequía

Climate change

What is climate change and what causes it? Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of the Earth’s climate patterns. [...]

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  • Iconos de hantavirus y ratones (reservorio animal) frente a un mapa de América, Asia y Europa, las principales zonas con presencia del virus

Hantavirus

What is hantavirus? Hantaviruses are a group of RNA viruses belonging to the Hantaviridae family. Hantavirus infection is a viral [...]

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Epigenetics

What is epigenetics? While genetics focuses on the DNA sequence (the genes themselves), epigenetics examines the mechanisms that control [...]

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Vaccine

What is a vaccine? A vaccine is a medical tool that generates immunity against a disease-causing pathogen. It "trains" [...]

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Plasmodium falciparum

What is Plasmodium falciparum? Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) is a parasitic protozoan responsible for the most severe form of malaria. [...]

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