19th Century Rashes Research Paper
In the 19th century there were a bunch of diseases arising that could only be described as some sort a rash. The rashes were all similar with much other flu like side effects. These different rashes were never differentiated and considered to all be measles until the mid-19th century. The differentiating the types of rashes that occur led to the ability to stop the different kinds of viruses and prevent them from further infection. The rash infections had all different levels of infections from mild to severe and permanent disabilities resulting from the virus. The permanent disabilities could relate to the prolong infection or could even come from birth by being infected through the transfusion of the placenta. To stop this from happening and spreading there is always the search of a way to stop and prevent it. The need of vaccinations in most viruses is of utmost importance, as is the case in Rubella. Rubella is normally a mild infection in children and adults, normally worse for adults as it can lead to further complications but normally mild, unless pregnant1. If a woman who is pregnant is infected with the rubella virus there can be serious complications with the pregnancy. These complications can be as bad as spontaneous abortions to the baby being born with permeant
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Within the Togavirus family it is the only member in the genus Rubivirus5. The rubella virus belongs to the Togaviridae family because it has an envelope, it is iosahedralm and the genomic arrangement is linear. Within Togaviridae there are two genera, the Rubivirus and Alphavirus. The Rubivirus and Alphavirus differ firstly, in how structurally different they are. They both involve the fusion of their glycoproteins, but also in a way that the Alphaviruses undergo a conservative evolution of their envelope proteins8. It is suggest that this occurs because they are transmitted by an arthropod, whereas the rubella virus is
Within the Togavirus family it is the only member in the genus Rubivirus5. The rubella virus belongs to the Togaviridae family because it has an envelope, it is iosahedralm and the genomic arrangement is linear. Within Togaviridae there are two genera, the Rubivirus and Alphavirus. The Rubivirus and Alphavirus differ firstly, in how structurally different they are. They both involve the fusion of their glycoproteins, but also in a way that the Alphaviruses undergo a conservative evolution of their envelope proteins8. It is suggest that this occurs because they are transmitted by an arthropod, whereas the rubella virus is