Herpesvirus infection causes mitochondrial DNA stresses in infected cells and gives rise to type I IFN production.
Each episode of the infection causes scarring on the inside of the eyelid.
Infection causes a puckering of the leaves, hindering photosynthesis and therefore vigour.
The infection causes diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever.
"It is not clear why HPV infection causes the APOBEC genes to misbehave and mutate PIK3CA," says Dr Henderson.
The infection causes tens of thousands of deaths in the world, and hundreds of thousands of illnesses among hospital patients.
Linked to dirty water, poor sanitation and crowded settlements, the intestinal infection causes dehydration and is often fatal.
The death rate is much higher in animals than in people, and the infection causes pregnant animals to abort.
Symptoms: Acute hepatitis B infection causes aches and pains, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, liver inflammation and in some cases jaundice.
Although in most cases, the viral infection causes no symptoms, it can sometimes cause changes in the cells of the cervix, the mouth of the womb.
The infection causes the spleen to enlarge, and in rare cases it grows so big that it spontaneously ruptures, producing major internal bleeding.
