9/16-9/17: Infectious Diseases Flashcards
- This is an organism capable of causing disease
a. Pathogen
- High virulence causes disease where?
a. Healthy population
- Low virulence causes disease where?
a. Only in susceptible populations
- An opportunistic infection involves what?
a. Non-pathogenic organism
b. Low virulence
c. Immunocompromised host
- This is an interaction between 2 organisms where both benefit
a. Mutualism
- This is an interaction between 2 organisms where 1 benefits but no harm is done
Commensalism
- What is an example of a commensalism organism?
a. C. albicans
- What is an example of a pathogen?
a. Prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa
- What are the general principles of viral infections?
a. Intracellular parasites
b. Cell type specific
c. Viral latency
- What is the process of viral replication?
a. Attach
b. Penetrate
c. Reproduce
d. Assemble
e. Release
- What are the types of viral infections?
a. Transient
b. Chronic latent
c. Chronic productive
d. Transforming
- What is an example of transient infection?
a. Hep A
- What is an example of chronic latent infection?
a. Herpes simplex
- What is an example of chronic productive infection?
a. Hep B
- What is an example of a transforming infection?
a. Epstein barr, HPV
- What is the natural reservoir for Herpes virus?
a. Humans
- HHV-1 =
a. Herpes simplex type 1
- HHV-2 =
a. Herpes simplex type 2
- HHV-3 =
a. Varicella zoster
- HHV-4 =
a. Epstein barr
- HHV-5 =
a. Cytomegalovirus
- HHV-8 =
a. Kaposi sarcoma
- How do you transmit HSV?
a. Contact with infected individual shedding virus
- HSV-1 is mostly
a. Oral infections
- HSV-2 is mostly
a. Genital infections
- What is primary infection?
a. Initial exposure to virus without immunity
- What is associated with primary herpetic gingivostomatitis?
a. Cervical lymphadenopathy
- Primary infection with HSV leads to what?
a. Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis
- Is scarring a symptom with primary herpetic gingivostomatitis?
No
- After primary herpetic gingivostomatitis, what can occur?
a. Recurrent herpetic labialis
b. Recurrent intra-oral herpes
- Primary herpes occurs on what?
a. Any mucosal surface, bound or movable
- Recurrent herpes occurs on what?
a. Bound mucosa (keratinized)
i. Hard palate
ii. Gingiva
- This is herpes associated with the fingernail
a. Herpes whitlow
- What is recurrent aphthous stomatitis?
a. Focal mucosal destruction