Known RNA viruses

Of particular importance with RNA viruses are for humans:

Flaviviruses include hepatitis C virus, which, just like hepatitis B virus, can cause inflammation of the liver, which is much more common and chronic than HBV, and the viruses responsible for yellow fever and dengue fever.
Coronaviruses are often the trigger of gastroenteritis (gastroenteritis) or a special, serious type of pneumonia (SARS).
The most important representative of retroviruses is the human immunodeficiency virus HIV (type 1 and 2), which is responsible for AIDS.
Orthomyxoviruses include the influenza viruses that lead to influenza.
The family of paramyxoviruses includes the triggers of mumps and measles.
Filoviruses, which include the Marburg virus and the Ebola virus, whose infection is often fatal.

Therapy of viral diseases

However, viruses can not only cause disease. At the moment, a lot of research is being done to use viruses as a therapy. For example, it should be possible to use certain viruses against some forms of cancer or as a vaccine.

This topic could also be of interest to you: Viral infection It is more difficult to cure a viral infection than, for example, in the case of bacterial diseases, because viruses are not independent cells, but are always found in human cells. Therefore, killing a virus also means the death of a body cell. In order to fight viruses, so-called antivirals are used.

These are drugs that prevent or at least limit the reproduction of viruses. The main targets of antivirals are: However, these drugs are often associated with sometimes serious side effects.

Penetration of the virus into the cell
Influencing cell metabolism to the detriment of the host cell and
Release of the viruses at the end of their reproduction cycle.

What is the HP virus?

The human papilloma virus – HPV for short – is the main cause of known skin warts and can increase the risk of developing certain types of tumors. In the group of HP viruses, more than 150 different types can now be found, which roughly differ in the extent of the warts they cause. Although they are not very aesthetic, they are harmless and usually disappear by themselves.

Secondly, there are types that cause harmless genital warts, so-called condylomas. In this case, they are usually transmitted during sexual intercourse. Although these warts are also unaesthetic, they are not tumorous skin lesions.

Thirdly, there are species that cause skin changes in the genital area, which have a tendency to cancer. A well-known example of this is cervical cancer, which also explains why one can “vaccinate” against a type of cancer.The viruses are very easy to transmit because they can survive in the environment for several days without dying. The virus then penetrates through microscopic skin lesions and infects human skin cells, whereupon the warts develop.