West Nile virus (WNV)
Learn about West Nile virus, an enveloped RNA virus that causes West Nile fever. This article explores its transmission, clinical manifestations, and the potential targets for combating enveloped viruses.
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Gram-negative bacillus found in the colon. As part of the intestinal flora it supports physiological tasks such as vitamin synthesis. Outside the colon, this bacterium may trigger urinary tract infection, inflammation of the stomach or meningitis in neonates. Several strains cause intestinal diseases, for example, Travellers' Diarrhoea.
E. coli serves as test organism for efficacy testing of disinfectants and as indicator of faecal contamination of water.