I am not really sure, sorry, but this might help. :)
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Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, not a virus.
Shingles are caused by the varicella virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. Those who have had chicken pox when younger carry the dormant virus for the rest of their lives. Should the virus "reactivate" in an adult, the result is shingles.
Cancer is a disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth and division within the body, usually due to mutations in the DNA. A virus, on the other hand, is a small infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism. While cancer is a result of abnormal cell behavior within the body, viruses are external infectious agents that enter cells to reproduce.
Some disease-causing viruses have RNA instead of DNA as their genetic material. RNA viruses include the influenza virus, HIV, and the common cold virus.
A pathogenic virus causes disease and harm to its host organism, while a harmless virus does not cause any negative effects. Pathogenic viruses can infect and replicate within the host's cells, leading to symptoms of illness, whereas harmless viruses may reside in the host without causing any harm or symptoms.
The difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. You can be a carrier of the HIV virus and not contract the disease but you can infect others.
Every disease is an illness but not every illness is a disease (A disease is not a virus, parasite, etc but an illness could be)
HIV is a virus and sarcoidosis seems to be an autoimmune disease.HIV is a virus and sarcoidosis seems to be an autoimmune disease.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
A virulent virus is a virus that has severe symptoms and is usually a dangerous disease. A temperate virus is a less violent sickness that may show little to no symptoms.
The difference between disease and illness is that a disease is something that can consume your whole body and it is often things like cancer, ALS and many other things. An illness is short lived, often like a cold.
Chronic hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by a virus. Being a carrier of hepatitis B means that you are infected with the virus and can transmit it to others, but you may not have the disease
A virus runs in a thread, as do all programs. The difference between a generic thread and a virus is that the thread may not be harmful, while the virus generally is.
Pathogen is the agent or the culprit that causes a disease while the disease is the end result of what a pathogen did. Example: HIV virus is the pathogen while AIDS is the disease state that can result from high HIV viral load.
The difference between a common animal virus and a retrovirus is that a retrovirus only contains RNA while a common animal virus will have DNA or RNA.
A pathogenic bacterium is alive while a virus is not.
Ebola is a virus disease.