Explore the basics of how antibiotics, antivirals, and vaccines work to help your immune system in the fight against pathogens! This Amoeba Sisters video also briefly introduces the lines of defense in the immune system and discusses how...

Overview of Ebola: Hemorrhagic fever, causes, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment. Ebola is a disease caused by infection with the ebolavirus, which causes a significant hemorrhagic fever. In this lesson, we discuss some of...

Practical examples show how viruses and bacteria are both beneficial and harmful to humans. Animations describe the structure of a virus, and explain how they reproduce and cause disease. Microscopic images illustrate different types and...

This nugget describes common viral diseases in detail with respect to their causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention.

The video is a lecture presentation on the causes of disease, with a focus on four types of pathogens: viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protists. The presenter discusses each type of pathogen in detail, including their method of...