Human digestive system digestive system is subject to a wide range of disorders many of which can be congenital. Mouth diseases can also be caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi and as a side effect of some medications. Mouth diseases include tongue diseases and salivary gland diseases. A common gum disease in the mouth is gingivitis which is caused by bacteria in plaque. The most common viral infection of the mouth is gingivostomatitis caused by herpes simplex. A common fungal infection is candidiasis commonly known as "thrush" which affects the mucous membranes of the mouth. There are a number of esophageal diseases such
Maiztegui National Human Viral Disease Institute Maiztegui National Human Viral Disease Institute The Maiztegui National Human Viral Disease Institute (INEVH) is a viral research laboratory in Pergamino, Argentina. The INEVH originated in the Clinical Research and Medical Education Center (CEMIC) in Pergamino. The city, a prosperous agricultural hub in the heart of Argentina's corn belt, was also the epicenter in 1958 of a sudden outbreak of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, a condition known among the country's rural population as "the mal de los rastrojos" ("the sickness of the corn straw"). Transmitted mainly by mice dwelling in fallow corn fields, the disease was believed to affect up to