Martina is sick
Tuesday, 25. August 2009, 07:10:47
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.








Bryan Cox # 25. August 2009, 20:53
Anonymous # 25. August 2009, 22:34
All my kids had it when they were babies..she will be better in no time!!!
starree # 26. August 2009, 02:30
sorry to hear she isn't well
Olga # 26. August 2009, 08:39
Warm hugs to Martina!!!!
serious # 26. August 2009, 18:49
Best wishes to Martina.
kirsten # 27. August 2009, 14:31
Shaunak De # 28. August 2009, 21:44
Olga # 30. August 2009, 07:48