Contagion Virus

Contagion Virus. “Somewhere somehow the wrong bat met up with the wrong pig” says Dr Ally Hextall to Dr Ellis Cheever of the Centers for Disease Control in Steven Soderbergh&#39s recent film Contagion Dr Dr Hextall has just figured out that the version of the meningoencephalitic virus (MEV)–1 that is causing an incipient pandemic contains a mix of genetic material from bat and pig viruses Author Benhur LeeCited by Publish Year 2011.

The 25 most contagious diseases COVID19 has been in the news for over a year now but it’s not the only contagious disease out there People whether rich or poor have suffered from all sorts of ailments since the dawn of humanity Common cold Caused by more than 200 different viruses nasopharyngitis—or the common cold—affects people of all ages every year Adults suffer from colds two to four times a year while children under the age of two can catch up to 10 colds a year Flu (influenza) The virus responsible for the flu is particularly contagious and can live up to 48 hours on surfaces That means you can catch the flu by simply handling contaminated objects Chickenpox Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease Before the development of vaccines half of all children got the disease by age 5 and 90% by age 12.

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Virus origins The final scene in “Contagion” reveals that the fictional “MEV1” virus originated from a pig that ate a piece of banana dropped by an infected bat escaping the destruction of its palm tree forest habitat in China Similar symptoms Sick people in the film experienced fevers and profuse sweating pounding headaches sore throat and cough but also had seizures dizziness and frothed at the mouth when they passed Transmission Like Covid19 the film&#39s MEV1 is a respiratory disease carried in expelled droplets of saliva from a sneeze or cough or other secretions Can you be immune to the virus? The fictional Mitch Emhoff (played by Matt Damon) husband of index case Beth is found to be immune to the virus He dodges the deliberately targeted coughs of strangers in grocery stores and survives through the film physically unscathed.