virus diseases

Sixteen-year-old Kaelyn challenges her fears, finds a second chance at love, and fights to keep her family and friends safe as a deadly new virus devastates her island community.

Offers a brief overview of the ebola virus, discussing how it is transmitted, the impact it has on humans and animals, and how to prevent it.

Takes a look at the 2005 epidemic in Angola caused by Marburg, a virus related to Ebola, discussing health care in the developing world, and describes the origins and spread of avian flu, HIV and AIDS, hantavirus, West Nile virus, SARS, and monkeypox.

Presents an examination of the ebola virus, discussing its African origins, and the development of this and other similar emerging diseases.

Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.