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.
This is kind of the best blog ever. Microbes + neat cartoons = sublime
ReplyDeleteYour blog is awesome!
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cool.
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Thank goodness Karposi 's nowhere near me.Thank you for informing me about all the microbes i DON 'T have.
ReplyDeleteI love how the pictures are all sunshine and rainbows but the descriptions of them make my skin crawl. :)
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon your blog looking up S.sangius Thanks for all the info!
ReplyDeleteTo give the microbes their mini-profiles... This is interesting!
ReplyDeletehey, guess wanna tell u that yr blog is very interesting cute! :P
ReplyDeleteAnother long holiday, Ms Lurie? This post is a month old!
ReplyDeleteSuch an easy life for some.;)
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!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! Go to the head of the class and take a bow!
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ReplyDeleteI love it!!! I will adopt this one since I actually am doing my PhD on it....woohooo :-)
ReplyDeletep.s I don't know if you know but herpesvirus don't have legs :-p
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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.)
ReplyDeleteI miss your posts!
ReplyDeletei love your site!
ReplyDeletecan you make an eosinophil up for adoptions? it's actually a type of white blood cell but i would love to adopt one.
this pretty fucked up. and strangely addictive.
ReplyDeletehi emma where are you thaere are lots more microbes to talk about
ReplyDeletedon't stop!!!! more!
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ReplyDeleteXqxCkc actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
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ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteactually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.
ReplyDeletehey!update more often yea?im dying to learn more! :D
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ReplyDeleteWonderful blog.
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ReplyDeleteHey, Emma!
ReplyDeleteNo, please, come back! You couldn't to stop with this blog...your job (drawings and profiles are great!!)
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this blog is cool!
ReplyDeleteI love you blog. What cute graphics. :)
ReplyDeleteYour blog is really extraordinary. But why there is no new entry anymore?
ReplyDeletegood stuff! why the long break? you're not studying too much are you?
ReplyDeletehey, I really enjoy your work. Tell me though, are you studying micro in school, or just very interested? Either way, i'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteAnymore new post? Hmm
ReplyDeletePlease 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?
ReplyDeletethanks alot for this great blog
ReplyDeleteit is very intersting
I love this blog, it's genius!! Would it be too, too much to ask for picture of lymphatic filariasis/elephantitis? :-) :-) Pleeeease???
ReplyDeletei just wanted to say i love your blog! i sent it out to my medical school classmates as a review before our microbiology exam. :)
ReplyDeleteFun yet serious blog. Microbiology rocks, or maybe geology rocks, whatever. ; )
ReplyDeleteHowever did you get this great idea?
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me this blog will end up on next month's link love because this is great. It's cute learning about diseases <3
I love it. Will you continue doing any more? I doubt it since you haven´post in a while
ReplyDeleteI hope you are well.
ReplyDeleteTake care, hope to see updates soon...
Thanks for study help. Makes it a lot easier on the brain.
ReplyDeleteGreat. I love this site. It deserves to get 1 Frikypunto (1 Geekpoint).
ReplyDeleteYou'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")
Sweet blog!
ReplyDeleteThought you might want to put a contact me widget on your blog. So that I could contact you!
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ReplyDeletethanks very nice site
Good Blog
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ReplyDeleteI 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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Genial te leemos desde todos los rincones y nos encantaaaaaaa :D
ReplyDeleteGracias por hacer agradable la micro :D
Un besito
i gave this website to my microbiology professor
ReplyDeleteshe's a fan, just like a am!
cheers
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yeah, it's ashame you've stopped publishing. I just featured it on my blog cuz I liked it so much!
ReplyDeleteIts presentation is differ from other posts..
ReplyDeleteIt is funny...
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