Viral Disease

A Viral Disease is an infectious disease that is due to a virus.

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Directly-Transmissible Viral Disease to being a Vector-Borne Viral Disease.
  • It can (typically) be instantiated in Viral Disease Cases.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • Flu.
  • Measles.
  • COVID-19.
  • Dengue fever, West Nile Virus.
  • Lyme disease.
  • Monkeypox Disease.
  • ...
• Example(s):
  • Bacterial Disease.
  • malaria.
• See: Infection, Pathogen.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/viral_disease Retrieved:2016-2-5.
  • A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions)

    attach to and enter susceptible cells.

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