7^th Pathology and Infectious Disease Conference

Viral Infectious Diseases

Viral infections are caused by viruses. There are millions of  virus exists on earth but only 5,000 are been discovered. Viruses are host specific. They enter the body of the host through cut on the skin. They releases there genetic material after entering  the host body and allows itself to replicate inside the host body and produces no of copies. Some viruses change the function of the cell. Gastroenteritis is the condition of viral infection in which inflammation of lining of the guts particularly stomach and intestine occurs.  Food poisoning is the major cause of gastroenteritis.Other viral diseases are                                        

• Common cold
• Pneumonia
• Skin infections
• Pancreatitis