University of Pittsburgh Public Health Dynamics Laboratory
Marine viruses
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.
Phage
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria. They have a characteristic shape. Cyanophage photo by Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
Emiliania huxleyi Virus
The Never-Ending Battle HD
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Foot and Mouth Disease Virus
Confined! HD
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Influenza
The Frozen Horror HD
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HIV
Phantom Planet HD
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HPV
The Curse of the Tree-Man HD
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Attack of the P-Virus
Learn quirky facts about the virus that causes warts. [Requires a webkit browser to launch. Get Safari or Chrome to launch this activity.]
HPV Card Game
Learn about HPV transmission, treatment, and risk factors in this multi-player card game.
HIV cutaway
Description
This illustration shows the interior of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
Credit
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum/ Angie Fox, Illustrator/ 2010
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus
Description
Foot-and-mouth disease viruses cause illness in cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep. FMD is an RNA virus.
Credit
Permission granted for educational use/ Virus World/ Institute for Molecular Virology/ University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Jean-Yves Sgro/ 2004