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Brontok originated in Indonesia. It was first discovered in 2005. The name refers to elang brontok, a bird species native to South & Southeast Asia. It arrives as an attachment of e-mail named kangen.exe (kangen itself means "to miss someone/thing"). The virus/email itself contains a message in Indonesian (and some English).
Chordopoxvirinae. Genus: Orthopoxvirus. Species. See text. Orthopoxvirus is a genus of viruses in the family Poxviridae and subfamily Chordopoxvirinae. Vertebrates, including mammals and humans, and arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are 12 known species in this genus.
Website. ictv .global. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses ( ICTV) authorizes and organizes the taxonomic classification of and the nomenclature for viruses. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The ICTV develops a universal taxonomic scheme for viruses, and thus has the means to appropriately describe, name, and classify every virus taxon.
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is a viral species of the genus Closterovirus that causes the most economically damaging disease to its namesake plant genus, Citrus. The disease has led to the death of millions of Citrus trees all over the world and has rendered millions of others useless for production. [ 1 ]
Aphthovirus (from the Greek aphtha -, vesicles in the mouth) is a viral genus of the family Picornaviridae. Aphthoviruses infect split-hooved animals, and include the causative agent of foot-and-mouth disease, Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). [ 1] There are seven FMDV serotypes: A, O, C, SAT 1, SAT 2, SAT 3 and Asia 1, and four non-FMDV ...
The main things you can do to keep yourself safe are “wearing mosquito repellent, avoiding areas known to harbor a lot of mosquitoes and wearing clothing that doesn’t expose a lot of skin ...
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus that caused the first known human cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. It occurred within the Four Corners region – the geographic intersection of the U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – of the Southwestern United States in mid-1993.
The U.S. government has also awarded Moderna $176 million to develop and test an mRNA vaccine that could be used for bird flu, Reuters reported in early July. New initiative launched by WHO to ...