Virus diseases listed

Pathogenic organisms in water include bacteria, protozoans, worms, and viruses. A list of cormnon diseases associated with water is given in Table XI. Mary of the diseases listed in Table XI are transmitted in other ways, snch as by food preparation or through person to person contact. 

The activity of poly(ICLC) as an antiviral agent is shown in Table 1, which lists some of the virus diseases that have been treated with poly(ICLC). It was soon realized that poly(ICLC) was not just a poor man s IFN, readily available and relatively inexpensive, but it also had a number of immune modifying effects, which often were not the same as those induced by IFN itself. One area of difference between IFN and poly-(ICLC) is the fact that, by and large, IFN inhibits antibody production to an antigen or vaccine, while poly(ICLC) is an effective immune adjuvant with many but not all antigens. 

Organisms other than the viruses discussed earlier can cause acute liver infections, such as Leptospira icterohaemorrhagia, which causes Weil s disease, fungal infections caused by Candida species or aspergillosis, and schistosomiasis caused by trematodes. A number of systemic infections may also affect the liver, leading to jaundice, abnormal liver function tests or even acute liver failure. Table 3.6 lists some of the infective organisms that have been associated with liver disease. 

The following lists some virus types together with diseases that they cause ... 

A survey conducted 20 years ago and based on a total of 3921 cases showed 59% of laboratory-acquired infections had occurred in research laboratories (1). The majority of infections were of laboratory personnel but, in some cases, staff working outside the laboratory were also affected. Other events have emphasized the need for effective biosafety measures. These include two escapes of smallpox virus from laboratories that resulted in members of the public becoming fatally infected the emergence of new viral diseases with high case-fatality rates and the recognition that laboratory-based investigations would need to be made on viruses for which no prophylactic or therapeutic measures were available. Table 1 lists some viruses that have been identified as causal agents of laboratory-acquired infections (2-4). 

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