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Sense-strand RNA virus
See: Positive-strand RNA virus
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- French disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Type 1 diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Local therapy Treatment that affects only a tumor and the area close to it.
- Mousepox A disease of mice caused by the ectromelia virus. See: Ectromelia virus
- Pediatric renal infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Pompe disease A genetic (inherited) deficiency of an enzyme called acid alpha glucosidase. This enzyme helps the body break…
- Disease, cardiovascular Disease affecting the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases include arteriosclerosis, coronary…
- Dementia, MELAS Dementia, MELAS: MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike…
- Louse-borne typhus See: Typhus, epidemic
- Knee bursitis Knee bursitis: A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between…
- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…