University of Pittsburgh Public Health Dynamics Laboratory

University of Pittsburgh Public Health Dynamics Laboratory
Marine viruses, shown in purple, surround potential microbes. The odds are stacked against the microbes when there are so many viruses. Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria. They have a characteristic shape. Cyanophage photo by Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
Available for iPad on the iTunes Store
Available for iPad on the iTunes Store
Available for iPad on the iTunes Store
Available for iPad on the iTunes Store
Available for iPad on the iTunes Store
Learn quirky facts about the virus that causes warts. [Requires a webkit browser to launch. Get Safari or Chrome to launch this activity.]
Learn about HPV transmission, treatment, and risk factors in this multi-player card game.
This illustration shows the interior of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum/ Angie Fox, Illustrator/ 2010
Foot-and-mouth disease viruses cause illness in cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep. FMD is an RNA virus.
Permission granted for educational use/ Virus World/ Institute for Molecular Virology/ University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Jean-Yves Sgro/ 2004