Year: 2024

Children are most likely to have adenovirus infections, but people of all ages can get them. They spread through the ...

The bacteria Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough. It's spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes, spraying germ-laden droplets into ...

Enteroviruses are small, icosahedral, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses. Numbered enteroviruses cause a range of illnesses from mild ('hand, foot and ...

Arboviruses are a group of diseases spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies. These viruses ...

Picornaviruses are a family of nonenveloped RNA viruses that infect vertebrates. They contain a single-sense positive-sense RNA genome within a ...

Neutropenia can be mild, acute or chronic and can come and go (cyclic). People with severe neutropenia are often hospitalized ...

Doctors use several tests to diagnose neuroblastoma. They ask about your child's symptoms and medical history and do a physical ...

Many people with acoustic neuromas want their tumor to disappear and for their hearing and balance to return. These are ...

Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow along nerves in the skin and deep inside the ...

Neuropathy affects the peripheral nervous system, which sends messages between the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the ...