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Human diseases caused by virus

Write down the some human diseases which are caused by the virus and what are their respective modes of the transmission?

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The major viral diseases transmitted by the respiratory secretions (or sneezes, cough) and by saliva drops is flu, smallpox, mumps (VARIOLA, considered eradicated), measles, rubella, SARS.

Main viral diseases transmitted by the blood or sexual contact are AIDS, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, HPV, Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Main viral diseases transmitted by the animal vectors are rabies, yellow fever, dengue fever.

Some viral diseases transmitted through the fecal-oral route, comprising contaminated food, are hepatitis A, poliomyelitis (disease approximately eradicated in various parts of world).

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