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Ancient Lights Media
What are viruses?
Understanding Viruses - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 1. This clip offers a simplified look at how viruses are structured and how they infect living host cells.
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
Professor Dave Explains
Hepatitis A (Hepatovirus A)
Hepatitis is a word that describes an inflammation of the liver. This can happen a few different ways, but it is very commonly due to viruses. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E all cause liver disease, even though the viruses themselves are...
Tyler DeWitt, PhD
Science With Tyler De Witt: Ebola Virus Explained
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? Take a look at the apocalyptic war that rages in the body after an infection by the Ebola virus and the soldiers fighting....
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Viral Outbreak: Viral Geometry and Structural Diversity
Learn about the geometrical structure of three different viruses, and how these structures affect the function of each virus. [3:22]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Infectious Disease: Viral Life Cycle
Watch a short, but concise clip demonstrating how a virus infects a human cell. [1:08]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Viruses: Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] See how a viral infection works in the human body, as it tricks the host cell into making millions of copies of the virus. [3:40]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines
A narrated tutorial investigating how vaccines are used to prevent diseases. [4:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Allergic Rhinitis Diagnosis and Treatment
Learn about allergic rhinitis diagnosis and treatment. [10:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Bronchiolitis?
A video [8:25] that explains what bronchiolitis is and how it affects the body.