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Rabies

Rabies virus is transmitted to humans by an infected animal bite, often a dog. The virus is carried in the animal’s saliva. Symptoms appear after an incubation period of 10 days to a year and include fever, breathing difficulties, muscle spasms, and hydrophobia.

Microbe passports

Microbes are everywhere, but we can’t see them. These mysterious microscopic organisms play a very important role in our lives. Some make us sick but many more are helpful.

Microbes are very diverse they have an amazing variety of shapes and sizes, and they can exist in a wide range of habitats from hot springs to the icy wastes of Antarctica and inside the bodies of animals and plants. Microbes live in the soil and the rocks - just think every time you walk on the ground you step on millions of microbes.

Microbiologists study microbes: where they occur, their survival strategies, how they can affect us and how we can exploit them.

Want to find out more about microbes then... Take a peek down the microscope and explore further the secret world of microbes.

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STI Quiz

With STIs on the rise it is important that we are all STI aware. Take the quiz and see how much you know.

Carbon cycle

Where has that carbon atom been? The carbon cycle is a complex cyclical process through which all of the carbon atoms in existence rotate.