Viruses are the smallest known type of infective agent. Outside of living cells viruses are inert. They invade living cells, take them over and make copies of themselves. Not susceptible to antibiotics.
Code | Virus | Medically Recognized Possible Symptoms & Effects | Comments |
VI 1 | Coxsackie | tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, childhood pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infection, greyish ulcers of soft palate and fauces, Bornholm disease, fever, hand foot and mouth disease, flaccid paralysis, viral meningitis | 24 group A and 6 group B |
VI 2 | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis, hepatitis | |
VI 3 | Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) | infectious mononucleosis, tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, glandular fever, encephalitis, hepatitis, implicated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphomas, viral meningitis | |
VI 4 | Hepatitis A (HAV) | acute hepatitis | particularly prevalent in developing countries. In developed nations 20% of young adults show serological evidence of past infection |
VI 5 | Hepatitis B (HBV) | acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer | 0.1% of UK population estimated to be carriers |
VI 6 | Hepatitis C (HCV) | acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer | |
VI 7 | Herpes Simplex Type 1 (HSV) | tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, cold sores, whitlows, encephalitis, oral and genital ulcers (cold sores) | |
VI 8 | Herpes Simplex Type 2 (HSV) | genital ulcers | |
VI 9 | Herpes Zoster | shingles | |
VI 10 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis | |
VI 11 | Influenza | influenza | Singapore A, Sichnan A, Beijing A, Shangdong A, Panama B, Yamagata B strains in this vial |
VI 12 | Measles Virus | fever and running nose, cough followed by rash, viral meningitis | |
VI 13 | Mumps Virus | headache, sore throat and fever with enlarged salivary glands | |
VI 14 | Papilloma Human Virus (HPV) | warts, implicated in cancer of the cervix | |
VI 15 | Polio Virus | poliomyelitis | 3 types. Type 1 most virulent |
VI 16 | Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) | croup, common cold, childhood pneumonia | asthma sometimes starts after an infection with this virus |
VI 17 | Rubella Virus(German Measles) | German measles, rash | |
VI 18 | Smallpox Virus | smallpox, influenza-type illness, pus-filled blisters | it is believed that no reservoirs of this virus are now left outside of laboratories |
VI 19 | Varicella Zoster | chickenpox | |
VI 20 | Yellow Fever Virus | hepatitis | occurs in tropical areas of Africa and South America |
VI 21 | Parvovirus | slapped cheek disease (fifth disease / erythema infectiosum); in adults can cause joint pains and swelling, miscarriages in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. | thought that 60% of all adults in the UK have been infected with Parvovirus at some point, usually as a child (NHS Direct) |
