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Martina is sick

As she came back from her vacations on the sea, Martina became sick.
It seems she has got this disease:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseola
Since I do not have any little child around, I did not know about these two viruses.
I've read something about the whole Herpes family:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpesviridae
And it is very interesting.

Besides the incredible complexity of life at the cellular level, also this is very interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus
"It is believed that the ancestors of modern viviparous mammals evolved after an infection by this virus, enabling the fetus to survive the immune system of the mother."
And:
"There are many thousands of endogenous retroviruses within human DNA (HERVs comprise nearly 8% of the human genome, with 98,000 elements and fragments)."
So it seems all this genetic manipulation made by wave after wave of viruses plays a big role in evolution.

You Can't Get What You WantHappy birthday Martina

Comments

Bryan Cox 25. August 2009, 20:53

Get well Martina

Anonymous 25. August 2009, 22:34

Babsie writes:

All my kids had it when they were babies..she will be better in no time!!!

starree 26. August 2009, 02:30

I have heard of this too, not exactly this but similar, it will be better soon :smile:

sorry to hear she isn't well :down:

Olga 26. August 2009, 08:39

Awwww! We all hope she will get well soon!!!
Warm hugs to Martina!!!! :love:

serious 26. August 2009, 18:49

jeah, endogenous retroviruses 4tw (I read that article some time ago) ^^
Best wishes to Martina.

kirsten 27. August 2009, 14:31

aw, poor martina...I hope she gets better soon!

Shaunak De 28. August 2009, 21:44

I hope she gets better soon.

Olga 30. August 2009, 07:48

Happy birthday to Martina!!!! :smile::love: :heart: :wizard: :hat:

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