Thursday, June 14, 2007

Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus


Hello.

My name is Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus, or HHV-8.

I'm part of the Herpesviridae family.

When I appear, people usually get a type of skin cancer called Karposi's sarcoma.
It gives you red-brown spots all over.

I'm rarely seen in people with good immune systems.
I'm very common in people with HIV or AIDS.

60 comments:

Chris said...

This is kind of the best blog ever. Microbes + neat cartoons = sublime

Anonymous said...

Your blog is awesome!
Congrats from South America!

unicorn said...

cool.
)so funny blog)

Amrita said...

Thank goodness Karposi 's nowhere near me.Thank you for informing me about all the microbes i DON 'T have.

Teresa Ulrich said...

I love how the pictures are all sunshine and rainbows but the descriptions of them make my skin crawl. :)

BG said...

I stumbled upon your blog looking up S.sangius Thanks for all the info!

sabrina said...

To give the microbes their mini-profiles... This is interesting!

Anonymous said...

hey, guess wanna tell u that yr blog is very interesting cute! :P

toby said...

Another long holiday, Ms Lurie? This post is a month old!
Such an easy life for some.;)

Carol-Ann Allen said...

This is one amazing and amusing blog. If you keep it up you shall earn an honorary doctorate in blogging! Next step is to compile it all into a book and publish it through lulu.com. Then you can advertise your book on your blog and become a multi-millionaire!

Great stuff! Go to the head of the class and take a bow!

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Unknown said...

I love it!!! I will adopt this one since I actually am doing my PhD on it....woohooo :-)


p.s I don't know if you know but herpesvirus don't have legs :-p

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Anonymous said...

I see you've taken some time off. Hope its nothing contagious. Great comics. I'm using them to teach co-workers in a clean room business about our microbe cohabitants. Hope you get a chance to start back into bacteria. I'd love to see some environmental isolates like Chloroflexus and Desulfibrio and other wetland anaerobes. (I'm a wetlands nut as well as a bacterium nut.)

Anonymous said...

I miss your posts!

Anonymous said...

i love your site!
can you make an eosinophil up for adoptions? it's actually a type of white blood cell but i would love to adopt one.

ghost said...

this pretty fucked up. and strangely addictive.

Amrita said...

hi emma where are you thaere are lots more microbes to talk about

adam said...

don't stop!!!! more!

Anonymous said...

mbJkEm Please write anything else!

Anonymous said...

XqxCkc actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

Anonymous said...

actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

Anonymous said...

Magnific!

Anonymous said...

Magnific!

Anonymous said...

Magnific!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for putting fun into microbes! Bio is a bit scary for a college/uni intro bio student like me, and your blog made me smile at a subject I usually scowl at.

Anonymous said...

actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

Anonymous said...

hey!update more often yea?im dying to learn more! :D

Anonymous said...

actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful blog.

Anonymous said...

actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

Anonymous said...

8izrhC Hello all!

Anonymous said...

Magnific!

Silvia Cléa said...

Hey, Emma!

No, please, come back! You couldn't to stop with this blog...your job (drawings and profiles are great!!)

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Hallie said...

this blog is cool!

Zookeeper said...

I love you blog. What cute graphics. :)

Anonymous said...

Your blog is really extraordinary. But why there is no new entry anymore?

Anonymous said...

good stuff! why the long break? you're not studying too much are you?

Anonymous said...

hey, I really enjoy your work. Tell me though, are you studying micro in school, or just very interested? Either way, i'm impressed.

Anonymous said...

Anymore new post? Hmm

Anonymous said...

Please update. =) I like your blog! I'm a Micro student but I never really looked my studies as much as you are. Can I link you in my blog?

Anonymous said...

thanks alot for this great blog

it is very intersting

Crayola said...

I love this blog, it's genius!! Would it be too, too much to ask for picture of lymphatic filariasis/elephantitis? :-) :-) Pleeeease???

Anonymous said...

i just wanted to say i love your blog! i sent it out to my medical school classmates as a review before our microbiology exam. :)

White Hot Magik said...

Fun yet serious blog. Microbiology rocks, or maybe geology rocks, whatever. ; )

Anonymous said...

However did you get this great idea?

Something tells me this blog will end up on next month's link love because this is great. It's cute learning about diseases <3

2674Tomillo said...

I love it. Will you continue doing any more? I doubt it since you haven´post in a while

Anonymous said...

I hope you are well.

Take care, hope to see updates soon...

Anonymous said...

Thanks for study help. Makes it a lot easier on the brain.

Anonymous said...

Great. I love this site. It deserves to get 1 Frikypunto (1 Geekpoint).
You'll be able to see it on the internet soon.

http://chus-arion.blogspot.com
(When you enter the web, click on the right column where it is written "AQUÍ")

James Morgan said...

Sweet blog!
Thought you might want to put a contact me widget on your blog. So that I could contact you!
Contact Me Widget

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Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

I second what Carol-Ann said. You have a fantastic blog and one day you could compile a collection of your microbes and turn it into a book. I'm sure it will be a big hit.

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Anonymous said...

Genial te leemos desde todos los rincones y nos encantaaaaaaa :D
Gracias por hacer agradable la micro :D

Un besito

Anonymous said...

i gave this website to my microbiology professor

she's a fan, just like a am!

cheers
x

Anonymous said...

yeah, it's ashame you've stopped publishing. I just featured it on my blog cuz I liked it so much!

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