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VIRUS
TEST KIT
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21
Vials $55.00
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| Code |
Virus |
Possible
Symptoms & Effects |
Comments |
| VI1 |
Coxsackie |
tonsillitis/ pharyngitis,
childhood pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infection, greyish ulcers
of soft palate and fauces, Bornholm disease, fever, hand foot and mouth
disease, flaccid paralysis, viral meningitis |
24 group A and 6
group B |
| VI2 |
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) |
tonsillitis/ pharyngitis,
encephalitis, hepatitis |
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| VI3 |
Epstein-Barr Virus
(EBV) |
infectious mononucleosis,
tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, glandular fever, encephalitis, hepatitis, implicated
in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphomas, viral meningitis |
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| VI4 |
Hepatitis A (HAV) |
acute hepatitis |
particularly prevalent
in developing countries. In developed nations 20% of young adults show
serological evidence of past infection |
| VI5 |
Hepatitis B (HBV) |
acute and chronic
viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer |
0.1% of UK population
estimated to be carriers |
| VI6 |
Hepatitis C (HCV) |
acute and chronic
viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer |
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| VI7 |
Herpes Simplex Type
1 (HSV) |
tonsillitis/ pharyngitis,
cold sores, whitlows, encephalitis, oral and genital ulcers (cold sores) |
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| VI8 |
Herpes Simplex Type
2 (HSV) |
genital ulcers |
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| VI9 |
Herpes Zoster |
shingles |
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| VI10 |
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) |
tonsillitis/ pharyngitis,
encephalitis |
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| VI11 |
Influenza |
Influenza |
Singapore A, Sichnan
A, Beijing A, Shangdong A, Panama B, Yamagata B strains in this vial |
| VI12 |
Measles Virus |
fever and running
nose, cough followed by rash, viral meningitis |
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| VI13 |
Mumps Virus |
headache, sore throat
and fever with enlarged salivary glands |
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| VI14 |
Papilloma Human Virus
(HPV) |
warts, implicated
in cancer of the cervix |
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| VI15 |
Polio Virus |
poliomyelitis |
3 types. Type 1 most
virulent |
| VI16 |
Respiratory Synctial
Virus (RSV) |
croup, common cold,
childhood pneumonia |
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| VI17 |
Rubella Virus(German
Measles) |
German measles, rash |
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| VI18 |
Smallpox Virus |
smallpox, influenza-type
illness, pus-filled blisters |
it is believed that
no reservoirs of this virus are now left outside of laboratories |
| VI19 |
Varicella Zoster |
chickenpox |
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| VI20 |
Yellow Fever Virus |
hepatitis |
occurs in tropical
areas of Africa and South America |
| VI21 |
Parvovirus |
causes slapped cheek
disease (fifth disease / erythema infectiosum); a distinctive red, lacy-like
rash on cheeks (and sometimes other parts of body), headache, fever; occurs
most often in children; 20% to 30% symptom-free even though infected;
in adults can cause joint pains and swelling, miscarriages in the first
20 weeks of pregnancy; can cause chronic anaemia in those with HIV or
who have had organ transplants. |
thought that 60%
of all adults in the UK have been infected with Parvovirus at some point,
usually as a child (NHS Direct). |
