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53- Herpesviruses Flashcards

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What is the structure of the herpesviruses?

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• Herpesviridae: dsDNA, enveloped, icosadeltahedral capsid (162 capsomeres).

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HSV1- site of latency

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trigeminal ganglia

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HSV1- clinical presentation

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cold sores

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HSV1/2- lab Dx

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Tzanck smear (scraping base of lesion, shows giant multinucleated cells and cowdry type A inclusion bides

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HSV2- site of latency

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sacral ganglia

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HSV2- clinical presentation

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genital herpes

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VZV- site of latency

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Dorsal root ganglia

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VZV- clinical presentation of 1o infection

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chickenpox

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VZV- clinical presentation of 2o infection

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shingles (zoster)

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VZV- lab Dx

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Tzanck smear (scraping base of lesion, shows giant multinucleated cells and cowdry type A inclusion bides

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VZV- vaccines

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Live attenuated vaccine (oka strain)

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EBV-site of latency

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B cells

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EBV- clinical presentation

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mononucleosis (heterophile +)

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EBV- lab Dx

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Downey cells (atypical lymphocytes), heterophile antibodies (nonspecific activation of B cells by EBV)

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EBV- cancer

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YES! B cell mitosis, immortal b cell line, can lead to burkitt’s/hodgkins lymphoma

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CMV- site of latency

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mononuclear cells

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CMV- clinical presentation

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mononucleosis (heterophile -), cytomegalic inclusion disease

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CMV- lab Dx

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The Owl’s Eye Cell (dense central basophilic intranuclear inclusion body

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HHV6- site of latency

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mononuclear cells

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HHV6- clinical presentation

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roseola

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HHV8- clinical presentation

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kaposi’s sarcoma

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What clinical syndromes are associated with human herpes virus 6, 7 8?

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• Roseolaviridae – childhood disease of roseola (rose colored rash on babies)

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