Impact of viruses in the overall health of the population
In medical sciences viruses are microorganism that possess genetic material that cause several diseases when it invades a cell. Viruses reproduces themselves throughout the parasitation of cell structures of his target organism. In the history of humanity, viruses were a main source of disease in all ages. If we consider a classical historical periodification, we can track viruses and his influence in health even to the prehistorical age causing many deaths since the start of humanity. In modern ages, viruses have caused many pandemics over the world being the “Spanish Flu”, a type of influenza, one of the worst and deadliest disaster that humanity has faced over the years. If we want to begin the description of the consequences of viruses over the health of the population, we must take in consideration that the common flu is caused by this type of organisms. The overall health of population is constantly compromised by the spread of diseases caused by viruses like influenza. This