1050 Unit 6 Flashcards
What are viruses?
Submicroscopic pathogens that can cause many human diseases
Describe structure of a virus
- core of DNA or RNA packaged into protein coat or capsid
- rely on host cell for replication and survival
What are basic steps of virus life cycle?
① attachment of the virus to receptor on host on surface
② penetration or entry of the virus in the host through endocytosis or other mechanisms
③degradation of the viral nucleic acid
④transcription to produce additional viral nucleic acid
⑤ translation of viral nucleic acid to produce Viral proteins
⑥ assembly of the viral components to produce intact virons
⑦ budding off the host, cell membrane or host cell lysis results in…
⑧ release of viral progeny
What provides the first line of defense against viral pathogens?
“Barrier”
- skin and mucous membrane
What are two non specific defenses against viruses?
- Type I IFN
-NK cells
What are virus infected cells stimulated to produce ?
IFN alpha and beta following recognition of viral RNA by foll-like receptors
What is the function of IFNs pertaining to viruses?
Inhibit viral replication by inducing transcription of several genes that code for proteins w/ antiviral activity
What do IFN alpha and beta enhance, explain?
Enhance activities of NK cells which binds to virus infected cells and release cytotoxic proteins such as perforin and granzymes
What happens when cytotoxic proteins are released? (Perforin and granzymes)
- Cause cells to die and release virus
- these are now accessible to antibody molecules
What occurs when innate defenses do not work?
Specific humoral and cell-mediated defenses
Are activated
What are virus specific antibodies produced by? What do they do?
- B-cells
- plasma cells
- attack free virus particles in several ways
What plays a key role in preventing viral infection through neutralization? And how?
Antibodies → involves production of antibodies that are specific for a component of the virus that binds to a receptor on host cell membrane
What happens when neutralizing antibodies bind to virus?
They prevent if from attaching to and penetrating the host cell
How does Secretory IgA play an important role in neutralization?
They neutralize viruses in mucosal surfaces in the respiratory and digestive tract. (Usually entry way of pathogens)
What are the Roles of IgM and IgG?
① bind to viruses in the blood stream and inhibit dissemination of infection
② activate complement
-IgG → promote phagocytosis of virus through their ospinozing activity and promote destruction of viruses through antibody - dependent cellular cytotoxity
- lgM →inactivate viral particles by agglutinating them
When can antibodies not attack a virus?
When the virus has already penetrated host
What is required to eliminate intracellular virus?
Cell mediated immunity
What cells play a key role in elimination of intracellular virus?
- Th1 cells
-CTLS (cytotoxic T lymphocytes)
What does Th1 produce and what is the function of this component?
-IFN-g→ induces an anti- viral state in infected cells
-IL -2→ assists in development of effector CTLs
What do CD8 and CTLs do
Programmed to expand in number and attack the virus-infected cells
How does CD8 + CTLS recognize the viral infected host?
- The T cell receptor (TLR) on CTL must bind to a viral antigen complexed with class I MHC on surface of infected cell
-CD8 is a co-receptor here
When molecular interaction stimulate granules in the CTL, what is released and what is its role?
Perforin→ produces pores in the membrane of the infected host cell and granzymes enter the pores
What happens when granzymes enter the pores of an Infected host cell?
Activates apoptosis in the host cell, interrupting the viral replication cycle and resulting in release of assembled infectious virons
What can free virons can be bound by?
Antibodies
Describe the CTL response
-powerful
- involves series of cell divisions that can produce up to 50,000 times the original number of cells in a period of 1 to 3 weeks
What are the 5 ways that viruses can “escape” the host cell defense?
①mutations result in production of new viral
→ influenza viruses undergo frequent genetic changes
②viruses block action of immune response
→ HSV can bind C3b
③ suppression of the immune response
→CMV reduces MHC I expression
④ immune function altered
→ ebb stimulates polyclonal b-cell activation
⑤ latent state is established
→VZV remains latent in nerve cells
When viruses rapidly divide agents undergo genetic mutations, what do these mutations result in?
- Production of new viral antigens which are not recognized by initial immune response to virus
How do CMV and HIV suppress adaptive immune system?
Reducing expression of class I MHC molecules on the surface of virus-infected cells. Making them recognized by CTLs
How does rubeola suppress adaptive immune response?
Cause decreased expression of class II MHC, resulting in reduced Th cell activity
Describe epstein-barr virus (EBV)
- Cause polyclonal activation in B lymphocytes
- inhibit immune responses by producing a protein that can suppress Th1 cells because of its similarity to IL-10
What does HIV suppress?
Function of CD4 Th cells
Describe serological testing of viral infection
-monitors course of infection
- detects past infection
- assessing immune status
Describe molecular testing in viral infection
- Enhanced our ability to detect active infection
- essential in guiding anti viral therapy
What does the presence of virus-specific IgM antibodies in patient serum indicate?
Current or recent Infection
What does the presence of viral-specific IgG antibodies in patient serum indicate?
- Current or past infection
What does virus specific IgM antibody in newborn indicate?
Congenital infection because IgM is actively made during fatal life
What does virus-specific IgG antibodies in newborns indicate?
Nothing, IgG antibodies in infants serum are mainly maternal antibodies that have crossed the placenta
What is the family and type of hepatitis A?
- RNA
-picornaviridae
What is the family and type of hepatitis B?
- DNA
-hepadnaviridae
What is the family and type of hepatitis C?
- RNA
- flaviviridae
What is the family and type of hepatitis D?
- RNA genus
-deltavirus
What is the family and type of hepatitis E?
- RNA
-hepeviridae
How is hepatitis A transmitted?
- Fecal-oral
- direct contact w/ infected individual
-blood transfusion (rare)
How is hepatitis B transmitted?
- Perinatal (mom to baby)
- sexual (semen and vaginal secretion)
- parenteral ( blood contact, IV drugs, tattoo)
- saliva
How is hepatitis C transmitted?
- Parental
- sexually
-perinatal
How is hepatitis D transmitted?
- Most parenteral
- sexually
- perinatal
-HBV infection required
How is hepatitis E transmitted?
- Fecal-oral
-blood transfusion
Which class of hepatitis does not progress to a chronic stage?
Hepatitis A
What are complications of hepatitis A?
-low risk of fulminate
- liver disease
What are complications of hepatitis B?
- 10%-90% develop chronic hepatitis with increased risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
What are complications of hepatitis C?
- 85% develop chronic infection with increased risk of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma or autoimmune manifestations
What are complications of hepatitis D?
- Increased risk of developing fulminate hepatitis, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma
What are complications of hepatitis E?
- Fulminate liver failure in pregnant women
What are the markers for hepatitis A?
-IgM anti-HAV
- total anti-HAV
-HAV RNA
What are markers for hepatitis B?
-HBsAg
-HBeAg
-IgM anti-HBc
-total anti-HBc
- anti-HBe
-anti-HBs
-HBV DNA
What are the markers for hepatitis C?
- Anti-HCV
-HCV RNA
What are the markers for hepatitis D?
-IgM-anti-HDV
-IgG-anti-HDV
-HDV RNA
What are the markers for hepatitis E?
-IgM anti-HEV
-IgG anti-HEV
-HEV RNA
What does the IgM anti-HAV indicate?
- Acute hepatitis A
What does total anti-HAV indicate?
Immunity to hepatitis A
What does theHAV RNA marker indicate?
Detection of HAV in clinical, food, or water samples
What does the HBsAg marker indicate?
_Active hepatitis B infection
What does the HbeAg marker indicate?
Active hepatitis B infection with high degree of infectivity
What does the IgM anti-HBc marker indicate?
Current or recent acute hepatitis B
What does the total anti-HBc marker indicate?
Current or past hepatitis B infection
What does the anti-HBe marker indicate?
Recovery from hepatitis B
What does the anti-HBs marker indicate?
Immunity to hepatitis B
What does the HBV DNA marker indicate?
-acute, atypical, or occult hepatitis B
-viral load made used to monitor effectiveness of therapy
- used to determine HCV genotype.
What does the anti-HCV marker indicate?
-current or past hepatitis C infection
What does the HCV RNA marker indicate?
-current hepatitis C infection
- viral load may be used to monitor effectiveness of therapy
-used to determine HCV genotype
What does the IgM- anti-HDV marker indicate?
Acute or chronic hepatitis D
What does the IgG- anti-HDV marker indicate?
Recovery from hepatitis D or chronic hepatitis D
What does the HDV RNA marker indicate?
Active HDV infection
-viral load may be used to monitor effectiveness of therapy
What does the IgM anti-HEV marker indicate?
Current hepatitis E infection
What does the IgG anti-HEV marker indicate?
Current or past hepatitis E infection
What does the HEV RNA marker indicate?
Current hepatitis E infection
What is the general meaning of hepatitis?
Inflammation of liver
What happens if hepatitis progresses?
Can lead to…
- liver enlargement and tenderness
- jaundice
- dark urine
-light feces
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What is typical by found in the initial laboratory testing?
- Elevations in bilimban and in liver enzymes
- most notably alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)
Describe genotypes of hepatitis A
-two genotypes
- both can be detected with same serological assays
What is the incubation period for hepatitis A?
- Average of 28 days
Describe symptoms of hepatitis A
- Flu-like symptoms
- children are asymptomatic
-typically resolves itself in 2 months
Describe treatment of hepatitis A
Mainly supportive
- bed rest
- nutritional support
- medication for fever, nausea, and diaherra
- rare → hepatic necrosis and death (mainly in patients with other ailments of liver)
Describe HAV antigens
- Shed in feces of infected individuals during incubation period and early acute stage
- usually decline to low levels shortly after symptoms appear
- not clinically useful indicator of disease
Describe testing of hepatitis A
- Serological testing is critical for diagnosis
- most commonly detected by EIAs and CLIAs
- routinely diagnosed in symptomatic patients by demonstrating IgM-anti-HAV (declines in 6 months)
-total HAV antibodies also detect IgM but predominately IgG and persists for life
What is the primary marker of hepatitis A in acute phase?
IgM anti-HAV but can cause false negatives results during early phase of infection
Describe molecular testing of hepatitis A
-most common format of these methods is reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction RT-PCR
- can also be used to test food or water suspected of transmitting disease
How do you prevent infection in unimmunized that has been exposed to hepatitis A
- Administer prophylactic of hepatitis A vaccine or injections of immune globulin
- must be administered within 2 weeks of exposure
Describe genotypes of hepatitis E
-4 genotypes
- 1 and 2 are primarily associated with consumption of fecal matter in water
→ common in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico
→ outbreaks are common after natural disasters
- 3 and 4 are primarily associated with consumption of infected pork
→ Europe, North America, china, Taiwan, and Japan
→ primary hosts are pigs, deer and wild boars or direct contact with infected animal
- have symptoms that make genotypes undistinguishable
Which hepatitis virus is “silent”?
Hepatitis E
What is the incubation period for hepatitis E?
2 to 10 weeks
What is the recovery period for hepatitis E?
4 to k weeks
What are severe consequences of hepatitis E?
_ Neurological syndromes
- renal injury
- pancreatitis
- hematological abnormalities
Describe chronic stage of hepatitis E
-HEV3 can result in chronic infection in immune compromised individuals
- can progress to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver failure
What measures are taken to prevent infection ot hepatitis E
- Provision of clean drinking water
-improvement of sanitation conditions - avoidance of undercooked meat, especially pork (HEV3)
Describe testing of hepatitis E
- Diagnosis relies on to detect antibodies to the virus and molecular methods to detect HEV nucleiC acid
- identified by sensitive EIAs that use recombinant and synthetic HEV antigens
- rapid immunochromatographic assays have also been developed.
- antibody test can detect all four genotypes
Acute infection of hepatitis E is indicated how?
- Presence of IgM anti-HEV
- remains elevated for 8 weeks
- becomes undetectable at 32 weeks
When do HEV- specific IgG bodies peak?
About 4 weeks after symptoms develop and persist for several years
When is molecular testing for HEV RNA recommended for patients with hepatitis E?
-in immunecompromised person because they often yield a false negative
What is the gold standard for diagnosis of acute HEV infection?
Quantitation of HEV nucleic acid can be performed by qPCR
What testing is used to detect acute hepatitis E in a resource-limited settings?
-loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay (LAMP)
- can be performed on blood or stool samples
- no expensive equipment
When does HEV RNA become undetectable?
-blood → 3 weeks after symptom onset
-stool→ 5 weeks after symptom onset
-therefore, a negative result forHEV RNA does not exclude possibility of recent infection
What is the major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world?
Hepatitis B
Where is hepatitis B prevalent?
- Far east
- parts of Middle East
- sub Saharan Africa
- Amazon areas
What measures have been taken to prevent hepatitis B infection?
- Screening for blood donors
-treating plasma-derived products to inactivate hepatitis B - implementing affection infection control measure
- immunizations
Describe the vaccine for hepatitis B
- Consists of recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) produced from genetically engineered beast or mammalian cells
- can also be administered to those who have been exposed along with hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG)
What is hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG )?
-preparation derived from donor plasma with high concentrations of antibodies to HBV that provides temporary protection
What is the incubation period for hepatitis B?
30 to 180 days
Describe symptoms of hepatitis B
-90% of newborns are asymptomatic
-acute hepatitis symptoms observed in 10% in ages 1-5
- 1/3 and adults adolescents
- last several weeks to several months
- 1% develop fulminant liver disease with hepatic necrosis
When do most HBV infected people recover?
6 mouths and develop immunity
Describe chronic infection of hepatitis B
-virus persists in the body for 6 month or more
-occurs in majority of infected Infants
- 1/3 of infected children
- 10% of infected adults
- more likely to develop in people who cere immune compromised and who have HIV
-results in inflammation and damage to liver and makespatient at high risk (for developing cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma
What is the treatment for a chronic infection of hepatitis B?
- Antiviral drugs to reduce liver inflammation and the risk of developing liver complications
-therapies consist of nucleoside analogues that inhibit the polymerase Enzyme needed for viral replication and IFN alpha (which enhances the immure response against the vines)
Describe genotypes for hepatitis B?
_8 genotypes
-A-H are named
- identified by nucleotide sequence differences in their genomes
- can be identified by same serological assays
Describe structure of intact HBV viron
- 42 nm sphere
- has nucleu capsid core surrounded by an outer envelope of lipoprotein
- core contains circular partially stranded DNA
→ a DNA dependent DNA polymeraseenzyme
→ two proteins
→→hepatitis is core antigen
→→hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg)
Describe the protein Found on the outer envelope of hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
- produced in excess and is found in noninfectious spherical and tabular particles that lack viral DNA and circulate freely in the blood
How are serological markers used in reference to hepatitis b?
- Differential diagnosis of HIV infection
- monitoring course of infection in patients
- assessing immunity to virus
- screening blood productsfor infectivity
What is the first marker to appear in hepatitis B?
-HBsAg →protein on outer envelope of virus
-active infection
-detectable at 2-10 weeks after exposure
-levels peak at acute stage.
- serum becomes undetectable at 4 to 6 mouth after the onset of symptoms in acute infection
-remains elevated for 6 months or more in chronic infection
When will HBeAg appear in hepatitis B?
- Protein in core of HBV
- Appears shortly after HBsAg
- disappears right before HBsAg
-marker is present during periods of active replication of the virus and indicates a high degree of infectivity.
Why is the hepatitis B core antigen not detectable in serum?
The viral envelope masks it
Once host develops immune response, what marker/ antibody would appear first in hepatitis B
-IgM anti-HBc
- appears 1 to 2 weeks after ,HBsAg during acute infection and persists in high titer for 4 to 6 months, then gradually declines
-useful in detecting infection when HBsAg is undetectable
- used in addition to HBsAg for screening donor blood
Describe IgG antibodies to the core antigen in hepatitis B
-produced before lgM anti-HBc disappears and persists for a lifetime
When does anti-HBs appear in hepatitis B?-
- Appears during recovery period of acute infection
- a few weeks after HBsAg disappears
- antibody persist for years and provide protection
- not produced during chronic infection
Describe serological testing of hepatitis B
- Most commonly detected by EIAs and CLIAs
- typically automated
- excellent specificity and sensitivity
- false positives and false negatives can occur
- positive results should be repeated with same sample and confirmed with assay such as HBsAg neutralization test or molecular test that detects HBV DNA
Describe molecular testing of hepatitis B
- Detect HBV DNA in serum or plasma
- based on target amplification by traditional or qPCR or branched DNA signal amplification
When can HBV DNA be detected in serum?
- 21 days before HBsAg
- can be used to detect early acute infection
Besides detecting early infection, what else is HBV DNA used for?
- Evaluate effectiveness of antiviral therapy in patients w/ chronic hepatitis B
- success til treatment is indicated by a 1-log(v10) reduction in HBV DNA levels by 6 months
What does hepatitis D consist of?
- Circular RNA genome and a single structural protein called hepatitis delta antigen within its core
- surrounded by viral envelope that is of HBV origin and contains the HBsAg